FIRES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 230, 26 October 1903, Page 2

FIRES.

PBIt PRESS ASSOCIATION, Timmiu, October 25. A double firo aiaiui was given at 5 a.m. to-day, the first baing discovered at Wakefield's boirding-houss near the railway station, The kitchen was girted and bddrooms wern much damaged, one by wa'er. The to al low is eacimnted at .£6OO. The furniture was insured for £225 in the Alliance. The building insurance has not yet been ascertained. A number of boarders were saved by a ladder, but lost their off cts. 1 Soun young mm, aromed by the bell ringing for tha above fie, found a small cottage in Theodockstreet on fire, and an elerly woman named Collins, 'h<i oaly occupant, ia 'an . unconscious state. Tli:y put the fie out wi h imckets, thi house being full of smoke. The woman was rescued only j'isr. in 'ira?, and was taken to the hospiu/1, whe'6 she recovered. Ditnbdin, October 24. By a fire at Methvin's foundry, Crawford -street, the pattern and machine shops were gutted, and the moulding shop damaged. The insurance (£350) does not cover the damage. At about 4 a.m. on Saturday a small cottage in Miranda-streat, Stratford, occupied by Mrs Douglas, was destroyed by fire. The cause is attributed to a lamp, which was left burning in the kitchen. A little of the furniture wag saved.— [Settler.)