Fire at Stoney Ureek.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3138, 25 February 1889, Page 2

Fire at Stoney Ureek.

' Intelligence reached Masterton this morning that Mrs W. L. Dorsett's house, formerly used as a boarding--1 house was totally destroyed by fire | early on Sunday morning, From | enquiries we learn that the house in question was unoccupied with the exception of two front rooms which were let to a Mr G, Cavey, who lived in them with his wife and three young jhildren,, Mr Cavey states. that that.these rooms were. shut off from the rest of the premises. On Sunday about half past 7 o'clock Mr Cavey arose and Went into the kitchen for , the purpose of lighting the fire. He noticed a little smoke hovering about the room towards the ceiling, but no more than if some one had been , Bmoking a pipe in tho room, He i colled to his wife " Where's the smoke coming from." He then went outside . the house and saw a'small but dense column of smoke rising from the roof at the end of the house close to the chimney. He Bhouted to bis wife that the house was on .fire, and ran and helped to get his family out, and what things he bad in the rooms, He then ran across, to Mr Doraett's house a few chains distant and gave the alarm. There was no water except what could be obtained from the creek near hand, and that;couid only be procured with great difficulty on account of the steep banks, Several people came tip but" nothing could be done to save the house. He saved the greater part of hit bedding and clothes, but ,the iron bedstead and heavy, things together with his week'sstoreSwhich he had only brought homo i on Saturday were destroyed. The bouse had formerly been used as a boarding house, and- contained twelve,tor thirteen rooms, two of which he rented, and the rest were not occupied, ' He had had no fire in his grate since five o'plook on the preceding evening. -Ha could not account for the liro originating as he said there was no bqsh lire burning near the house, and the morning was quite calm, but it might havo been smouldering all night; through same defect in tho brickwork of the chimney. ' The original -boilding had been erected • a number of years, but new additions had heen made to it frpw time to time.' The building was insured in the National Office for £2so,.and in the New Zealand, for.-f 150, ; The latter is stated to have been taken - out (within the last fow days,- '