FIRE AT CAMBRIDGE.
A fikk took place on Thursday afternoon at about one o'clock, when the residence of Mrs MeCami, on the Hamilton road, was destroyed. Mrs McCann was absent in town, and her daughters, Miss McCVnn and Mis Lowlher, wcru Llirt only persons on the premi.ses,:ind they with tho children were out picking gooseberries, when the kitchen was seen to be on tire. Assistance was obtained from the neighbours—Mr Hanlon and two sons of Mr Arnold—but the lire had obtained such a hold that scarcely anything was saved. The house and furniture were insured for £200 in the Norwich Union Office, but Mrs MeCann's loss is quito £100 over that amount. Mrs Liwther also lost a quantity of clothing.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2572, 5 January 1889, Page 2
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120FIRE AT CAMBRIDGE. Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2572, 5 January 1889, Page 2
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