FIRE AT KAIAPOI:

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13096, 22 April 1908, Page 6

FIRE AT KAIAPOI:

—* s^| A SHOP DESTROYED.;. W •.■■■•' — •.' ■ *'■ *n A_i alarm of fire was given at.-Sw poi about 8 o'clock last m"gW£p_ outbreak having been upstairs portic_ ot the pre__s<_r. _f|; pied by Mr A. F.M. Cwrk_ ated close, to tho pc_o o_kx„-*s» building consisted ot a. f-iicy*goCg store and house of nine TOOimJ'-%m brigade, under Superi_tend_it*"-B*K man, mustered ■_ prom-pwy, hand-engine was" .roup—t into &s£l smartly, assistance being also Tend***. by private individual.. The J&s% engine was unable to get up w» for some time, and t& fire B<& : £ strong hold of tho fire upstairs «*■§ The buildimr. which was constraeW entirely of wood, was insured for **?ft. though it is stated that it was *»«« at £350. The stock, a large quaint of which was saved, and tfce furnaHlrt were not insured. Mr Clark. IMP furniture store, which was "I? 3 "***? from the other premises by* a w_v, escaped damage. Tho c_toni*K ings of the post-efface had a ****<$ escape, but wero saved by tbe effort* of a bucket brigade, headed hj-dM Ash ton, the postmaster, and the ofi** staff. " *.*'-' It' may be mentioned tha >-. fig first large fire in shop P™^ B *? ftß V*l Kaiapoi since January 28th, ie f.*tl whom an outbreak coramd on t«M west side of High street, the ances on that occasion totaEing * 1V <?B