FIRES.
BOARDINGHOUSE DESTROYED. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christchurch, Last Night. A nine-roomed house at Sumner, owned by Mrs. E. White and occupied as a boardinghouse by Miss Campbell, was destroyed by fire this morning. The building was insured for £4OO and the furniture for £IOO, both in the National office. The house was temporarily unoccupied, a building contractor being en gaged adding three rooms and a bathroom. It is understood that the contractor had not insured his risk, which was valued at £250. BUILDING GUTTED NEAR AUCKLAND. Auckland, Friday. A fire on Manukau road, Newmarket, gutted the upstairs portion of a store and residence owned by W. Morgan ond occupied by Lindsay Bros. Only the upstairs portion was destroyed. The grocery stock was considerably damaged by water. Three girls and a boy had to escape by an upstairs window and t!i3 verandah.
If your property is not insured cad at or ring up the United Insurance Company, Ltd., Devon street. Telephone 108. Webster Bros., district agents. Insurance effected on the anost favorable termßi—Advt.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 187, 11 September 1909, Page 2
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