FIRES.
Per Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. A shop and dwelling at Roaeneath were burned down this morning. There was an insurance of C 2.30 on the contents in the Alliance ollice.
Invercargill, Last Night A lire occurred about 11 o'clock last | night in a block of two building* in Dee;t<treol. occupied by Hill (herbalist), 1 Phillips (photographer), and Racon (um-brella-maker). ft started in Phillips'., and, though the brigade quickly got the lire under, the studio was gutted. Phfll:p>i' slock was insured for UitfO, but he estimates his loss at i;llll above this. Raeoj) s stock was damaged by water. Neill escaped ahuost scathlcs's. The building was one of the few wooden ones left in the brick area. The cause ot the hre is ascribed (o ashes from a tire in Phillips' living room being blown oul of the grate by (he gale which prevailed while Phillips wais out.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 308, 3 January 1908, Page 2
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149FIRES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 308, 3 January 1908, Page 2
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