FIRE IN INVERCARGILL.
By Telegraph—Press Association INVERCARGILL, October 25.
A fire occurred at the Friendly Societies' Dispensary at 5 o'clock on Sunday morning, the shop being gutted and the stock seriously damaged. Mr Robert Pollock, the manager who slept upstairs, descended by a rope, and gave the alarm. The brigade promptly arrived, and by msans of a ladder, rescue I three womenone an invalid —who lived upstairs. Two men escaped by a back door. A powerfil stream of water soon subdued tha flames.
The insurance on the dispensary buildings was £750 in the Commercial Union office, ana £250 in the New Zealand. On the stock there was £6OO in the Commercial Union office. The damage amounts to £1,200. A- Buxton, confectioner, who occupied adjoining premises, had £95 on his stock, which was damaged by water.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9632, 26 October 1909, Page 5
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135FIRE IN INVERCARGILL. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9632, 26 October 1909, Page 5
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