FIRES.
( By Telegraph.—Own CoriX'sponderitJ
CAMBRIDGE, this: "day
A four-roomed house at- Gan^ridgS West was destroyed by firo lasthightv Everything' -was. lost. The- property, belonged to Mr John Looke.i l,' The." house and furniture were insured, in the South British Company for £130. Mrs Looker was putting lrer children ■ to bed, and it is. supposed! she left a: lamp too. near .the window .curtains. Her husband "was away :oji "contract work. . .■ :.':'!'.': PAEEOA,.this;{iay:, A four-roomed house op. ithe 3?aeroa-~ Waitekauri Hill Boad, owned-by W. Boden and occupied byu tMcCaskill, was burned down yesterday mroning. McCaskill, who is a single man^wasa.way from the house at the.; time. The cause of the lire is unknown. The house was alued at £70 and'insured for £45 in the Phoenix. Com--paay-. *■ ■' ■ : . . - .-■■••■ : *■':■•■ '■■:
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 291, 7 December 1900, Page 5
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