FIRES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 127, 20 November 1911, Page 5

FIRES.

DWELLING BURNT. By Telegraph—Press Association. Gisborne, Last Night. A fire broke out yesterday afternoon in a four-roomed house on Upper Gladstone road, occupied by a Mr. Gibb and flamily. No one was at home at the time. The outbreak had a big hold when discovered, and the house being an •Id one the fire quickly spread. A fresh breeze carried the flames to a five-roomed dwelling adjacent, occupied by Gus Manning, horse trainer. A bucket brigade prevented the house from catching for a long time. Eventually, the gables were ignited. The brigade arrived a few minutes later and soon had the fire under control. Gibb's house was burned to the ground, and nothing was saved. Manning's house is badly charred on one side. H. Clark succeeded in liberating a number of pigeons. The cottages were owned by Captain Ware. The house destroyed was insured for £l5O in the Norwich Union and the second dwelling, which is a comparatively new one, for £3OO in the South British. SCRUB FIRE. Christchureh, Last Night. A stiff northerly blew to-day, and the lupins on the beach at New Brighton, south of the pier, by some means or other became alight, and' the fire spread rapidly and threatened a number of cottages. The brigade turned out smartly and saved the properties from destruction.

If your property is not insured, call at or ting up the United Insut»nce Company, Ltd., Devon street; telephone 198. Webster Bros., District agents. Insurances effected on the most favorable terms.—Advt.