RAGLAN. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. Sept 26th, 1876.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 670, 28 September 1876, Page 3

RAGLAN. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. Sept 26th, 1876.

About nine o'clock on Tuesday evening *a bright glare wu auddenly obierved, -comiug from the direction of the township, which, it wm quickly psrceived, emanated from a hotuo on fire. Ab fi-st tlio exact position of tho burning habitation could not be defined, but a curiory glauco«oon fixed thi unfortunate promi-e* to be either tbe utora of Mr Gal van, our v lUt»e blaoknafltb, or the Registered Cilice of IheTUglan »nl Waikato Native Store Oompaoy, Limited. It was the latt«r'a office aril store which were the Bc>ne of tho conflagaration. Fortunately for the shareholder*, the s'oro contained a *"»ry umall stock, valued at at.out £100. The home wu uninhabited, lieiag limply a place of business, on 1 is owned by a native chief named Jfikopa To Kotiikn, -who was there durin r the oivlv part of the d-iy with a corj en tt-r ex eating s>me repair 1 , but had r. 'turned to his settlement tome hours bcL.ro the unfortunate occurrence took place. Neither the building which was lfised to the Company nor the stock we^e i-mired.i -mired. Tlia fie was first obterred in tho ba^k pirt of the premises, about Ihe spot where % considerable quantity of m itc'ioi were kept. Tho origin of the liiv U unk-mtfn, but tin thno-y it thai rata gn'wed iho mateh"s, soim of which wore in paper boxes, which became ignited ntult lfu ciused the total destruction of Pbbr building. __ _. Tne wind fortunately was blowing from S E, had it been from S W .probably I should have been the chronicler of a much mare serious calamity. As it ii, alii well ] that ends well. Tno old saying; of ' misfortune' never conns single' was near being verified on tliii occasion, m the cutter Dawn owned by this Company, was a day or two pre» vious t > this nearly lost at tho Wnikato Heads, in going into which place she ran on the spit, and remained there fjr a lido or two, but is now, I am happy to say, safe in Fort yVaikato. The principal on diti just now are the lire, and the coming salo which takes pWo on the 2nd proximo at the Okete Palls. To settlers who desire to invest in stock, etc, no doubt a fair opportunity will bo presented. — Own OoREEproNDENT.