FIRES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 167, 21 December 1914, Page 4

FIRES.

I BOAR DI X< i.HOUSE DESTROYED. JBy Telegraph.—Per Press Association. Duiiedin, Last Night. At Lawrence, about 3 a.m. yesterday,, a boarding-house, containing 10 rooms, owned and occupied by Mrs. Catherine Falconer, was totally destroyed by fire, i The lire was first noticed in the kitchejl by one of the ooarders, who raised the ' alarm, allowing all the inmates (of whom' t there were ten) to make their escape. I Mrs. Falconer managed to get two boxes, containing wearing apparel, out of tie building, but saved nothing beyond thin. Some of the boarders suffered considerable loss, escaping only with part of their working clothes. The building was old, and burned -very rapidly. The ' amount of insurance, in the Standard Office, is £3OO on the building, and £2OO 1 on the furniture and personal effects." | If your property is not insured, call at 'or ring up the United Insurance Co., Ltd., Currie Street; telephone 190. J. O. ■ Spedfling, District Agent. Insurances 1 effected on the most favorable terms. ' —Advli.