FIRE AT OPUNAKE.
COUNTY OFFICES DESTROYED. (From our Own Correspondent.) A fire 'broke out at 3 a,ra. in Mr. Geo. VV. Rogers. Ibuijding on Wednesday. The budding was totally destroyed. The fire wis first discovered in .the partition between, tlie county office and Mr. Flirktir's billiard roonii Mr. Parker and family lire in the same building, ami had biwc-lv time to escape with a. fewbelongings. A banket brigade worked- 'herocially, and saved Ooniish (draper's) premises from going-. The county council will 1 lose a good deal of correspondence, but the most important papers, were kept in the safe, nnd were saved intact. ' Mr. Parker is a heavy loser. The building was insured for £250. On the opnositie side of the main street a number of shop windows were brckeai by the heat.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 89, 10 September 1914, Page 8
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132FIRE AT OPUNAKE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 89, 10 September 1914, Page 8
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