FIRES.
(press association telegram.) HASTINGS, May 6. Mr E. Newbifciii's Burton Brewery, an old two-storey wrvxlen biihuiiiy, was dretroy«l by lire- at daybreak this.'.norning. -Mr X«>\vb : .ghi went Uiroiijrli iho building at 1 a.m. and everything appeared naftv Mien. He surmises tnat the cfval stacked alongside tlio boiler caught fire. Only ih.v books were saved. The Fire Brigade formed a bucket brigade owirug to no water beins available for the stMtrnpr. The stock is insured for £10!) in th«> Allianco ofßce, and the .building for £6HQ in the National ofEct , . The oeJlam and stor« wero heavily stocked, aril it is estimated that the Ices is fully £2000 over insurances.
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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13109, 7 May 1908, Page 2
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