Destructive Fire.
We regrefevta lSirn' jthf&Ttlifo afternoon! Mr Carey's homesterd,- : on, 'the Eoxton 'Line,' was totally deßtroyed,.by fire. No particulars are \tp haud, \Ve .hear the loss is c&mplete,' Yio'thiug" having 1 saved. jA. messenger has been deslpatched Ifrom this officOo yiaiJ.>.ilfeVl6"calily and gleaji jf urthor particulars, but. it is doubtful if he can return before we gO tO preSß, , >, j j , y;-p ■ >■'■: !•* : ■'■ "' "■■'■ Later. . .. All that we, can glean, m the absence' :.of definile information, is IhatjMr Carey, on returning oinc, fuimd his dwelling on fire v :it ig supposed it was caused through; a spark .., from the chimney. Nothing boyonld asfewartieies tff cloth- ■ ing werp 'saved .from destruction. .Mr Carey's house was insured but tor what amount |he doea not. ,rocqllect.-r-The Policy Wa8 3 in thejhtfuse and'; of course was consumed. Nothing whatever was saved. ;Mr CaTey was. dot far from, the house when the fire' took place,' but when ho first qbser-Y s ed> the blaze, it was tooilateito do anything.' v . !
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1660, 17 March 1886, Page 4
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164Destructive Fire. Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1660, 17 March 1886, Page 4
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