FIRES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 231, 23 September 1908, Page 2

FIRES.

RACEHORSE STABLES DESTROYED. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Ashburto.i, Tuesdav. A lire this morning destroyed Zetland Lodge, owned bv .Mr. J. C. X. tii'igg and used as a racing stable. Besides tile building, gear aud feed, three valuably) racehorses, Stepup (valued at .t\)0), Restless ( ajO), and Interpreter ( £100) were destroyed. a detached sleeping apartment was also burned, though the contents were saved. 'fire origin of the (ire is unknown. When discovered the (lames had a strong hold mid it was only with, much dillir, thai -fira out of the ten horses were rescued. Both' Restless ami Stepup" were promising horses and had been .successful in recent races. The insurance on the stables was £4OO, and on the men's rooms £2O in the Liverpool, London and Olohe. No policy covered the horses. The total loss over the insurances is about .Cl.'lOO.

A STRATTORI) SHOP (U'TTKI).

Stratford. Tuesdav. A lire winch broke out at ±m this morning gutted a shop in Broadway occupied by A. Jordan, boolinakcr. The shop of T. Reader, painter and paperhanger, adjoining. Wils slight.lv dama"i'd by smoke and water. The insur<»i«'.on Jordan's stock was fT.iO, and on Ins htlmgs .£.-»() i n the New Zealand ofbee, while on hi s g]as s ]„. | IUI | C(;] m the South British. Reader had COO «u his stock in (he Sun ollice The ■building* were insured, bill the ,„ m „,iit is not known.