DISASTROUS FIRE.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 582, 12 February 1876, Page 2

DISASTROUS FIRE.

OKThurtcLj morning the dwelling of Mr Elliton, t»o or three miles distant fro a ttacmltoj &Mt, wti deitroj«d bv tire, whiob' br jke out bntwea twelve and one o'clock in the kitchen. Mr Ellison waa the lajt, to go to bed, ao.mt 11 o'clock, and nir no fire then. Abjut half-pait 14 Mm Ellison, who wiw suffonns; frmn toothache, gol. up to go to the kitolien for tome creasote Oa opening the duor ehe saw the pla c «ut 'full of smoko and fl*ine>. tsho linine im ely aromad the minute*, but thfl iire spread t o ramdly that only a few articles of baddmg and olothiu^, »nd the piano could be got out. O.ie of the out liou*e« whs only cared by meant of web iat>ks and articles of clothing. The iUokn of haj whicu wer« close to the building fo-tunately escaped. Nothing reliable at tj the origin of the -fire m known. Some olothe* hai bde 1 left near the fire to dry, and it id supped that ■dioj tpark* from the fireplace had lodged on tha -clothes which ha-i snooul i red and then burst into a fl une. The building was msuroi in the Nothern Fire Insurance CL-mpany fo' £400, but th«i -W8 under«t>t id u far f<oa suMlciaat to oorir the lo«i iUitaineJ Mr ELliscu came to the Waikato iom4 (our jear* »g.>, and i« one of thi most induitrioui and perierering settlers iu oar eaidit, and there will be few who will uoc tiear of Uw los* with regret.