FIRES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 109, 24 September 1912, Page 5

FIRES.

COTTAGE DESTROYED. By Telegraph—Press Association. Taihape. Monday. , A fire totally destroyed a four-roomed cottage and its contents, owned and occupied by Mr. Baird, manager- of the Mamuvatu Company'* sawmill. Mr. Baird had only recently married. The furniture, which was valued at £220, and was all lost, was uninsured. The cottage was insured for £72 in the New Zealand Fire O/lice. There was no one in the house after the early mornThe fire was discovered about mid-day, but it had then got too far to effect salvage.

FIRE AT FOXTOX. Palmerston North, .Monday. Another blaze took place at F'oxton yesterday morning, when two shops wore completely destroyed, P: Rimmer's store and a Chinese fruiter's. Rimmer's was an old but large building, and .was ablaze when discovered. The tire soon spread to the Chinese shop and gutted the building. Whyte's Hotel, 'which was menaced by the two previous fires, was again in trouble, but though the walls were scorched and the windows cracked, no further damage was done. r .l lie insurances were -Rimmer's store. New Zealand Office £250; stock, New Zealand Office. £750; Cluing Wall's building, £750 in the South '.British Office, plate glass £3O in the South British Office, stock £(100 in the London and Lancashire Office—total £24 SO. If your property is not insured, call at or ring up the United Insurance Company, Ltd., Devon street; telephone 100. Webster Bros., district agents. Insurances effected on the most favorable terms.—Advt.