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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 168, 15 July 1908, Page 5

About five minutes past four yesterday I afternoon, the City Fire Brigade received J a call from Jervois-road, where the verandah of Mr. Blair's bootmaker's shop had caught - fire, caused" through . some" plumbing work. Hie brigade were promptly on the scene, and very little damage resulted. A four-weeks old infant named Doreen Sims died early this morning at its parents' residence, Macauley-street,: off Newton-road. At 10 o'clock last evening the mother retired, the child, then apparently being all right, and at 1 3 a.m. it was fed, but suddenly, about half-past five it showed signs of illness and died almost immediately. Dr. Murray was called in, but could:only pronounce life to be extinct, Dr. Lindsay, who;is at present away South, had been attending the mother and cnild. As Dr. Murray declined to give a certificate, the coroner has been notified. The Old People's Home at Tararu had a narrow escape of being destroyed -by fire this morning. At about 3 o'clock the outhouse close to the mam': building _( women's division), was found to be in flames. The male inmates promptly; gave the alarm, and. Superintendent Chapman and his wife, the matron, with the men, managed with difficulty to keep the fire from spreading. The water prcs--sure was very weak owing to the' country main not being turned on to the borough as agreed between local bodies,; this beins due to misunderstanding After an hour's fight the flames, were suppressed, bSrtheTuthouw :«**<? ""^X 0 destroyed.the damwte'"? : ' h ' ,ut fl0 °;