Origin of the Fire.
The fire commenced in a yaid attached to Banner and Liddel's wa'ehoii^e, where weie stoied a. number ut eases of iron bed steads backed in sti.uv. How it ar<»t i n > one can say, but it spread with a-totii^h-\ng tapidity. Of e»m-e an inq.iiiy \\ ill he held, when the iny^tet y may be nnlavelled. Mr Banner, joiner to tl<e closet, ff,b the first to discover the incipient hie, <uid the alaim was gi\en. Boundanos of hro are matked veiy strongly. Tlie ground for two acrps is baiv. Th^> insuianct 1 on the Daily Telegrauh office is only t'2ooo, m> the loss will excopd t'2ooo. Tne Herald i-s inMiied for £4000. But the proprietors estimate their loss, at about £'l."> 00 additional.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2255, 21 December 1886, Page 2
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125Origin of the Fire. Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2255, 21 December 1886, Page 2
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