FIRE IN WELLINGTON.
THREE BUILDINGS DESTROYED. { i (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) i WELLINGTON, this day. ' A .fire which occurre d at Kilbirnio South last night destroyed three buildings. It started in a fiveroomed house owned and occupied by Mr. Hutchings and; family, who> were absent at the ' time. r Th* front portion of the buildings, a, two-storeyed house, was rented by Mr» Hunt as. a drapery store. The fir* quickly spread to a five-roomed residence, occupied by Mrs. Oleson, and owned by Mr. Martin, and to a similar, building owned by Mr. Alpe.. Very little, was saved. Mr Hutchings' - premises were insured for £450 in the Comme» cial Union; Air. Oleson's house for £350. in the Commerical Union; Mr. Alps'* house for £400 in the South British,
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 195, 16 August 1906, Page 5
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