THE LATE FIRE AT MR. GOULD'S.

Press, Volume XII, Issue 1590, 11 December 1867, Page 3

THE LATE FIRE AT MR. GOULD'S.

Ah adjourned inquiry into the origin of the late fire at Mr Gould's house was held yesterday afternoon, at two o'clock, before the. coroner, J. W..S. Cbwar"d»—Eaq.»_at.the. Carlton hotel. - The fou>wihg "additional evidence was taken :— John Burnside—l live in Cranmer-square. I went Up •' thO ' eduntry to *CoilVekfon Station on-the 18thof Ncrvembß*r7TmdrenTauled"lhere" a week. I''know nothing whatever of the fire. : ' ' , . , "By Inspector Pender—l stated previously that I left On ! the!2sth, but I made a mistake ofaiwleekc I- told Inspector Pender that I at nine o'clock on thap?g|t oftfee fire. I told no .one that I lafiliown. "ttife ""nioiming after the fire. I was in Cbjristchurbh On -* the 17th, and if any one ware to*wear Chatl was at Leithfield on that day they wdulot not be telling the truth. I w*uMwice--»p : -fehe:. country. I told you that th&j first time I; vfent up was the morning after the fire: at ! the College. .1. went to Mr Moore's, audj remained .a week. I did not learo jagain until fche 18th. I went up to/get a job -from Mr Mcllraith. Twas to build a fori Ifciba.. I arrived on Tuesday. I 4id• "ObV go to work as 'there was; bo-timber there. I left on the' Tuesday following the 26th, and came down tWsame day. I was. in custody at Leithfield on-the :26th for a Short tune. It would beltwo ori three days ftfter I left that I got down.' ■! am not sure wh*t day I got flown on; lihmkit'woiild'be'bn Friday, the 29th. Instead of taking'ode ( day I took three..or four. lam sure, Oia* I left Mr Moore's on' the 26th, and arrived oh the 29th. I gotto . Leithfield on Tuesday about mid-day. The rest of the'time I was atLeitbfield and Kaia-. poi: I r did nothing at: Mr Mcllraith's.. I I did not cojhe to!'.Christchurch dqjjrig the time. I* remained at the station' ihMhole of the week. I took up tools-by the coach on the 18th. I recollect; telling you. that Mr~Mcilraith wrote for the Were* taken back by mistake. tjaeretjmd aay one that r would burn down the place that lam living in... I never told any one that Mr Gould'a place would! have been burnt* down - bufrthatifwas damp. Tneveje said was* well arranged, and would cause aplenty or work i I never spoke to *ny one about burniag Mt ; Rhodes's or Scute's.;; I ,am gqfog hoina in the Blue .Jacket... I. decided to go home! on the arrival of the Panama mait IiMrs Turtle- swear in ' the Resident Coprt'.that,she. saw!me take bags into, my house the day previous-to the fire. I swear fchatrl only twice vvent up; country, and then at; the'times Thave stated." i By the Jiiry-s-Lidrink at times. I some- j times Bght a fire when Igo home. I was not out'litS on the' 26th ultimo. I ihave not been oufc-at two o'clock in the morning for the past eit months; I sometimes get up and go out at eaeortwo o'clock in the morning. I go out josSto'get a waik, as I have had enough of sleep. Frederick Lane—l live in Kilmore street, not faT from Burnßide's house. I was lately up country, three weeks ago, and stopped at Overton's Accommodation-house. I know nothing of Mr Gould's fire. Ido not recollect •lying at the house that there would soon be another fire in Christchurch, but I will not awear that I did not say so. I have been for some time in the Fire Brigade, and have always found that one fire was always quickly followed by another. Mr Inspector Pender stated that that was all the evidence he had to produce at present, and he would ask for a further adjournment. It could be proved that Burnside was in town on the night of the fire, and was out until two o clock ia the morning. . The ; then adjourned until Monday, the 83rd December.