THE LATE FIRES AT CAMBRIDGE.
TO 'XII K KMTOR. .Sin.— Allow me through your valuable columns to occupy a small space, in order to contradict statements made iv your issue of this date concerning the firs which broke out at the rear of my shop early on Sunday morning, by which Mrs Murphy's Maori " whare kai" was destroyed. It is stated that I had left a " log fire " burning in my back yard on the night in question, but it can be proved that alter having boiled what water was required for use in the shop, that the " log fire was immediately and carefully extinguished by one of my employ6s in the presence of another, and bringing forward the fact that on Monday morning on, opening my shop I noticed that where the fire had been in my yard several pieces of deal board were lying with one of tlie logs partially burnt. Now, sir, on my fire I had no deal boards whatever, nnd the fact of these boards being there clearly shows the fire must have been re-lighted by some person or persons unknown after the time I closed up my shop, as I took the precaution to see all was safe, which is a rule I strictly adhere to on leaving the premises. Again, this whare or restaurant (as you call it) was roofed with tarred canvas* which, as is well known, will ignite with the heat of a stove, especially as a heavy fire in , a stove (such as Mrs M. used) heats the stove-pipe to such a degree as to make it red hot. It has been stated to me by several that the occupants of this whare were on Saturday night incapable of, knowing whether they had extinguished the fire in their stove or not. Ido uot 'care to' be mixed up in cases of this kind, and if anything is said, generally keep silent, but must uphold what is right on my side for my own interests. I have always done my best to help Mrs Murphy by recommending customers to her - &q. since she commenced' , this business, and it Js hardly likely I would leave a fire burning at night, thereby endangering her property, and not only hera; but rny^own, -wjiich^is valuable, and, very muoh so at this ' particular time of the year, ' Apologising for this oocupying your space, and giving you trouble, also hoping you will 'oblige 1 byi giving rthis publicity, —l am, dear, sir, your obedient servant. • ' A, I ' ' i ' , Thowas H. Hoy. Cambridge, 19th Dec. 1882.
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Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1633, 21 December 1882, Page 2
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495THE LATE FIRES AT CAMBRIDGE. Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1633, 21 December 1882, Page 2
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