FIRES.
Per Presi Association. " HAMILTON, August 25. About ten o'clock last evening a fire broke out in a block of buildings in Victoria Street, owned by Hardley Bros., and occupied by Deacon, tobacconist, Purcell, tailor, Hardman and Curtis, pork butchers," and J. B. Scott, land agent. Before the flames were subr dued, all the shops were gutted, and most of the contents destroyed or ruined by smoke and water. The adjoining premises of Gummeridge and Pocock, ironmongers, and Dr. Going were for & time threatened with destruction, but the brigade succeeded in confining the fire to the block in which it originated. Hardley Bros, had an insurance of £600 on the buildings, but the tenants I were all uninsured. :
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Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13509, 26 August 1907, Page 2
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118FIRES. Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13509, 26 August 1907, Page 2
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