DUNEDIN.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3786, 15 February 1881, Page 2

DUNEDIN.

Yesterday.

A fire broke out on Saturday night in a four roomed house owned and occupied by Mr Harold, grocer, Brown street. Owing to the scarcity of water, little could be dote, and the builciiag with the

whole of its contents was destroyed. Mr Harold is now in Melbourne, and Mrs Harold went out at 8.30 on Saturday night leaving a kerosene lamp burning i the back bedroom. The furniture k..-. insured in the Transatlantic for £150, risk on the house in the Union expired on the firsfc. This day. The following is the correct list of the, insurances on the late fire at the coffcs palace :—New Zealand, £500; Standard, j £1000; Victoria,* £1000. Hudson's factory and contents —Standard, £500; Transatlantic, £100; Northern, £SCO; South British, £1000; United, £200; Colonial, £1000; New Zealand, £750. Masonic jewels and regalia—Victoria, £60; National, £225. A case of death by sunstroke is reported from JBlueskin. j Satisfactory arrangements have been made for holding an industrial exhibition. It is expected the exhibition will open about the first of June. Eoderick McKenzie, aged 8, son of a coach runner, while bathing in the water of Leith yesterday, got out of his depth and sank. After some difficulty he was taken out but was then apparently lifeless. Dr Blair who was passing, at once attended to the boy and used the ordinary means for restoration. The boy remained unconscious and died this morning.