FIRES.

Auckland Star, Volume XVII, Issue 78, 27 March 1886, Page 4

FIRES.

The old mission atation „ „ ~ Taupiri, has been oeoaift^ down. u"Hai|y j^ About 5 p.m. on lr. , residence otfcoh.SS H. Waiuku East, *£E£2_¥*>*& A fire at Cambridge \vx deatroyed an unoccupied.k*£ «o W - Mr McCann, which W Pft^« The private residence Su W«V' at Fielding, was burned ,1. %H_fe The lire ori K in!Eri Very little pro^vt^ (55 NVhite's sawmills inK" 1:, - son, wore burned doWf _V%*. The plant and 10,fc lost,andthereiß„oi„ B 2jt»<; A four-roomed hoti»A kit ' Stratford, at Avonda^'^H on March 12, and all 4 Tt Stf A? a sewing machine was dl££' 0,5«2 A four roomed coc^ M Wairoa South, was &>«fe March 7. The bui di D „ "^ h? h\ S Mr Paul Mclntyre and gvTh 3 ?*fc b On Friday, March 5 „y *hechnr^ * bop kiln, l__ iZ'V o_s*U Ne son, were destroyed tiff ll*W including value of fiS SJ"* «S about £2000, ** dert"Wl | 'l£ Crass and tussock firea „„„„, „™i ' | heavy lose fa CantertSi^S^ Waikan state that the ~,,,7 Wife. Ambeileyhaadesto.edal i bridges in the Omihi VaC^C over 511,000 acre, behind > n aod«S house. It is said to hay* J.V* *Sft of his sheep in one J, ZkT^ About eleven aim. 0 . ffV alarming fire broke oat oi.k o ßl^ t Mossrs Johnston uA ?___s&) The stables and outfe 0t * burnt,, but four hSt}™*"* * rescued. About sixty^rin?re S* women helped to stajmLUS* * devouring element/ The^^S jacent were saved by th P J^rt* _:- perfoct deluge ot water tanks boing emptied bv't?^ "*M Post-office"™. X^fi»S being removed by the f ot _.£Ji*fr *, master, Mr Loga n . ° ,ore-'ghtofth,p^: The sad intelligence arrived hUZ ngarei on the 3rd of Cob » trous fire at Ruakaka in W.- !** which has resulted in the-death I?*^ son and the serious injur?* ft** It appears that on ttondav tJ,%°V fire, and was tota ly destroyed StP'4l* contents. A child oeTfel^ who was in the house Sffi* burned past all recognition «* made a desperate attemDt to ™SS(

was unsuccessful, thougti J,rJTj,^ recovering another child which, S-" self^suetained serious J*^ j Tho unusual ocourrence ola lUt. during the hours of busing tAv& 11.25 a.m. on Maroh 11 VndtUri F**J •he bells sp,edilv sumS^ to tho streets. The fire *a» l2,'_ the Scandinavian BoaritoSHg;. street East, rented by cSS* From the single window of ttXtfT looking tho street a dnJSt opaque smoke was _...% could at onco bo eeen that i?tbJ_J had burst forth at all they wife' much headway. Tho fire^S within a very short space of ttotM. onormous volume of wator abuift, suoh a low level. T"™*. AfirebrokeoulinthedrtEhiiiy Mr Truman, at Waikuri, QiSSii on tYednwday night, 25th _*sC who is a bootmakor, set to wrk'bfcS place to secure the safety of-hi, JsjT and oa ho thought he got thtaiDMtlion ho proceedod to aavoall Mtnkt etc., from tho front of the:bo£ Suddenly it was dieco.oul th,, child had been left in the ari bod. Horrified at the thou E hl,.T.wa. instant resolve was to eavaitatillhui V\ ith thia intent ho rushed into tha bum. portion of the house, but him.e_H.llit* tim to the flames. At about . o'ctakul morning those who searched the Hicta. ruins found the retnaits of the father fee of the child they saw no trace,-.-;i-- ■ ■ About 12.10 a.m. on March Id it mi covered that a newly-erected krasWm ing to Mr J. McAnulty,carter,of OhWi was on fire. On neariog tl.e corEißGa' it was blazing with conßiderablsfort^i_( tho high wind blowing at the to m vory little hopes of saring it. _iim|iß. neighbours, however, get to work,_K_,j frroat rii-k to thonif-elves, gotontaeDsiir of articles of furnitnre. -'ttsre.n groat dangor of the next house cUtt ing fire, but by means oi Vclfc thrown over the stable and tb. is and beinjr kept well saturated via wator, tho fire was conßned totbeMl. outbreak. Mr McAnnlty and inpf children wero in the house at tbeliaitt tire was discovered, and thalitlun taken to v friend's -for -Wa Meanwhile hor.oeand drayi veteraeW from danger, and the spectatora'«_ do no more thau help to'- acf-r tlio lire to ns small a radiue nip-Mi breaking down fences, eto., and ntda( neighbouring houees. McAsulft'i _m and outbuildings were tott-I^JMijir" Tho house, a nowlv-erected one; wuißW in the Colonial 'Office for tmtiM furniture for £50. Mr McAncUrtai noorly all his furniture, besides £»n«i which waa in a box, aod.cotiM netk saved. Bis loss will bo vciybeafj,-*! about £80 ovor insurance. ]_)>.

A terrible fatality oaciirroil at Kami ii.tke, Thamea, on March 20, when .■! cottage, used as a slocpingapartiH-U' adjoining Richords's BoanlingHini^J burned down. Two children mnilM in tho room at tho timo, the mother let absent for a fow minutes p|Hl| fho found tho house in fltraei i«l" children burned to deith. An iequestj* be hold to-day. An inqaert-;Wli*. Monday, March 22, befort! 'A.- «* rick, Esq. The only evident oli»P|' anco adduced was that ef-'tek*. Richard Kiobarde, who deposed-.to* of tho children, which were »■ '2 yoars respectively. The- W«t| which the fire occurred tffJi-S ufod as a sleeping apartment, * thero was a lot of inilaraiaiWe w& littered about the floor. TteclilflM* in tho habit of plajiDg iDthsijaS": were in thoro upon the dsyiiiW* Tho fastening to the i<at^M unworkable, and could only *■ ranged from the iuside. ■ "jw,l"" occasions the childroo bad looked BJ selves in the rooiu. and Iho part™"" oxporienced considerable di-W"E ting them out again. A jjjfflffl matches was kept on a shelf in WW and in playing with those it fejfJll that the childron Hit lite to foWIM Messrs Brown, Goieh, and W^H posed toaeeing the fire, andupoeiflr H ing tho came hearing thecpn^Tjß They burst open the door, but m* B be uttorly impossible to kewrfgSß anco ewiDg to tho building^jKyl smoke and flames. Ihe mMSM vordict of "Accidental P^*3f Air *Hi general sympathy in w&*tyz_gH bereaved parents, wP^'WJjJII who is almost distracted &t «i 8 ;it» n little ones. vHHH