FIRES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 155, 29 December 1911, Page 5

FIRES.

OUTBREAK AT GISBORNE. By Telegraph—Press Association. Gisborne, Last Night. A destructive Are occurred on the Gladstone road this afternoon. The outbreak started in the rear of C. Taylor's furniture factory in a shed used as a storeroom for flax and a buggy shed and stable. The flames quickly spread to a ■stack of seasoned timber, thenca to the machinery room of the factory. The building, which was of one story, was gutted. The valuable machinery was not destroyed, but may be damaged by the extreme heat from the burning building. A large supply of seasoned timber, the best stock in Gisborne, was destroyed, and a horse in the stables was badly burned before it could be removed and had to be shot. Mr. Taylor was absent in Auckland. The building was owned by Mr. W. H. Clayton. The total insurances are believed to amount to £IBOB.

AT CAMBRIDGE SANATORIUM.

Hamilton, Thursday. Early on Tuesday morning a fire broke out in the rear of the main Government Sanatorium building, completely destroying the stables, harness and feed rooms. The horses were not in the stable when the outbreak occurred. The damage is estimated at £9OO. Its origin is a mystery.

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