DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.
The gunboat Eber reports that on the !)th inst. a disastrous fire broke out in the township of Apia. Nine large houses (residences and stoics of Europeans) and 1"> smaller dwellings were consumed. Among the buildings destroyed were the residences of Or. Knappe, this German Consul, Mr Schmidt, Vice-Consul for Hamburg, and an hotel and two houses belonging to Mr Gracemere, an English trader. The Royalist, Nipsic, and three German war vessels, viz., the Eber, Adler and '.;!ga sent parties of blue - jackets ashore to assist the townspeople. The lire, however, burnt with vigour throughout the 10th, and was not finally smothered till the evening of that day. The origin is believed to have been accidental, the outbreak being supposed to have been caused by the upsetting of a kerosene lamp by a Chinese servant of one of the whit» residents. The amount of damage done luis not yet been estimated.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2579, 22 January 1889, Page 2
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153DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2579, 22 January 1889, Page 2
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