DUNEDIN.
Last night. The inquest on the Dewar family was resumed, and againl adjourned. Nothing has yet been elicited to connect the prisoner with the crime. •
A fire broke out at Gonman and Johnston's store, South Dunedin. It is supposed to have been caused by an explosion of a kerosene lamp. There was no water available, and a store and adjoining cottage were allowed to burn themselves out. G. Hanman's large hotel and hall were at one time in great danger. The following are the insurances :—Ha a man's Hall, £600 in New Zealand Office j Barclay's three-roomed cottage, owned by Hanman, £210 in Norwich Union; Gonman and Johnston's premises and stock—premises being property of David Laing—£3oo in the Colonial.
This day.
The remains of the murdered Dewar family were interred in the Southern Cemetry to-day. The procession was a large one. .
The inquest on the'bodies was resumed to-day, and further adjourned till to-mor-row. Several witnesses were examined, but nothing elicited connecting the prisoner Butler with the murder.
A four-roomed cottage in East Valley was burned down last night. It was insured in the Standard for £150, and in the South British for £IC3.
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Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3505, 19 March 1880, Page 2
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194DUNEDIN. Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3505, 19 March 1880, Page 2
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