DISASTROUS FIRE.
THREE FIREMEN" KILLED AND TEN INJURED. GREAT LOSS OF PROPERTY; (BY ELIiCTUIc'ITBtEOItAI'H—COI'VIUOIIT. . Mewkwiink, September 14. The (ire which broke out last night has boon extinguished, The lhuiics spread with alarming rapidity. Tho total damage by the fire is roughly estimuted at £200,000. While the lire was raging one or two walls fell, and John McLood, fireman, was killed. Ten others wore'badly injured, while two are missing. Later. The bodies of Leigh and Johnston, the firemen who were buried under the walls which fell at Friday night's iire, have been recovered.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2681, 17 September 1889, Page 2
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92DISASTROUS FIRE. Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2681, 17 September 1889, Page 2
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