Firs in Anglesea Street.
An outbreak of fire, which, if it had hap- M pened during the night time, would most..probably have been attended with very serious consequences, occurred yesterday ; afternoon at the residence of Mr Short, draper, Anglesea-street. The house is,., owned by Mr Robert Giles, butcher, who ' was alarmed about twenty minutes past our by some neighbours telling him that smoke was issuing from the lean-to,*o||| scullery at the back of the building, mm aid some friends proceeded to the,;. spot, and as the family .vere from home,:., burst open the door. ' A sheet of flames at';:-, once burst out, but luckily a large tank-oi.-water was handy, and in a few minutes.... Mr Giles got the fire under. The damage m done was inconsiderable. About £5 "vn"^ put all right again. The building is. m. m sured in the South British Company for £iw.- : . The only way that the fire can beia&cowaxea - for is that before the Shorts went 'out taey j?;G put-the cinders of the fire ihakerosene-tm. This was done for safety, but it 11 conjee-^., tured that the soldering of the gave way, and the cinders being set loose, ig:.nited the dry boards.
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Auckland Star, Volume IX, Issue 2607, 26 August 1878, Page 2
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