FIRES.
(I_ES9 ASSOCIATION- T>_£G_A_.) AUCKLAND, April 16. A . urn occurred to-night in Ponsonby, *. i "*-*, in tne almost entire destruction ot the shop aa( j eollteuts 0 f Messrs Lam--ourne and Dewar, ironmongers and furniture dealers, Mr Caasodv, milliner and »ocy goods dealer, and Me.____ and J. aamsou taurk butchers. The fire had a jm hoH before the Brigade arrived, and «- arst it appeared as if the avhole block M some do_n buildhnrs, all built of wood, would he burned. The tire, however, was ™*®*cd. to the Rh()j>s OTt?l)donedi aT i o{ **l..eh were gutted, very little stock being j . *^" - *' v> shops destroyed were oavn_i by Messrs Lambourae n_d Dewar, s«> estimate- their loss at about £8000. ***» insurances are about £5000 in the ™>**v office. The insurance on the stock. l J__rs C-ssiely and Harrison cannot at P*«seiit be a-oertained.
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Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 10941, 17 April 1901, Page 9
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