Fire m Wanganui.
; mr £: m jibESON's: stables i BURNED DtfWNP 1 "■* ■ ■TWO RA'oSHbK^i§ s fa!y APPRIZE I BULJij )<PERISHEjE!t ifcTHE I FLAMES. At hM^t^6'eh6^^Wi^oMng a (serious fire dichrted ;dn 'ithji' Cenietery JRoad, * jtist; jfcrogs ; Critu-fon-istreet 'the doomed, buildings peipg Mr J. ;W. JactfionVeiten^zve rarigp bf,,Btyb]eß. ,The Fire Brigade were i quickly on the ;spot, but the-flames luid obtained' such a [strong holdtnati^tothtdg could avert the jentire destruction of the buildings. With [the structure there perished m the flames two young racehorses, Touchstone and Rustic. How the fire originated nobody has any idea of. A young man named iFarrell, who was m charge of the stables, locked them up last night at the usual jhour, when there was no indication ot wrong. At the time when the •fire broke out he and two other stablemen were asleep m a detached cottage to ! jwhich the fire did not spread, Herouiei the stablemen, and efforts were made to :get thrtqrsegput.cibut without) laVaitf m [the case of the two, before-mentioned.'-.Onevblraepw^eliiH^Sp^. #$W (bull, the p # i»p|tsrofv%i|3feald7-Fraser, jof Rangitikei, and valued at £350, also perished f wil;h : |<be.^ehor*es.fcGftf(mfcfo; •'•:
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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1487, 22 October 1885, Page 4
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182Fire in Wanganui. Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1487, 22 October 1885, Page 4
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