FIRES IN THE SOUTH.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 88, 14 April 1913, Page 8

FIRES IN THE SOUTH.

. • - . - ■ . #111 ' ■ i(By-Telegraph:—Press Aseodattoß.J*4||| FOXTON, Sunday. \ A ' 13-roomed two-storeyed dwelling owned by W. Bock, and occupied by VM Speirs as a boardinghouse, wae burnt! early this morning. Nothing wa3 saved,] and the inmates escaped in scanty cloth. V: ing. , A gale was blowing at the time, V but fortunately in a direction away V. from a. number of sawmills. The furn> 1 ture was insured for £100. - '; J || | WESTPORT, Sunday. A fire occurred at 10 o'clock laefc night in a lumber room of premises owned by ~SIt6. Green, and occupied by G.. (J. ' Young and Co., auctioneers. Some dan- : age was done to the premises, and tin stock was damaged by fire and water. The fire burnt through, to the staiicair leading'up to the Westgort tearoonu, occupied by Misses Gondon and Bird, but had made little headway when the brigade arrived and put it out. X&e buildings were insured, but the amount was unascertainable. stock, valued at £1500, was insured for £700 in the Guardian Office. The only dam*gt done to the tearooms was by smoke.