A sale of Mr Massey - Watson's effects was proceeding' this afternoon at Messrs.. Churton and Co.'s auction mart. There was a crowded attendance.
A four-roomed cottage in the lungsland Road, Mount Boskill, owned by Mrs Thomas and occupied by Mr Hutchinson, was destroyed by fire early yesterday morning. When discovered the fire had a good hold, and though the residents in the vicinity turned out and formed a bucket brigade nothing could be saved, and the house was burned to the ground, the furniture being also destroyed. The" building was; insured for £100, and the furniture for £50. in the Royal office, and these will about cover the losses. No cause can be assigned for the outbreak.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 28, 3 February 1899, Page 5
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