FIRES.
A fire occurred ;it- about ten o'clock yesterday niornin:; in an unoceu.'pied house <'!' four rooms in '.Mjhk lit-.tcr street, owned by Mr I). Carpenter. 11 is stated that the outbreak mcurred through the flame.- from the iamp which the painters •■MTf using igniting the shingles under rhe iron on the root. A motor chemical ;;nd :i hor.se chemical promptly arrived on the scene, and tlu- flames irorp supptcised alter about Jiah' the iron on the from part ot the roof had been removed. A few pounds nil! cover the amount of the damage. At 11 o'clock yesterday mornin.u. a confla<'ration broke out in the refreshment rooms in the Canterbury Saleynrds Company. It iva> txttnguished by t-ome men wlio noticed the tire, before the brigade arrived. The damage was only irifliny. (rB-.ss .vssoc:ation ieleoram. j WELLINGTON. November :J Gardens liuildincs «ere_ destroyed by fire at Taita. la.-r, ui&hi- lhf\v •vere insured l>y the owner. 31x K. Keene, for £1000 in th« o ™^ , &ut ha eaUroate hw loas at £1000 more.
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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13881, 4 November 1910, Page 5
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