FIRES.
SMOKED OUT. A land agent, when taking tive buyers on the hunt for 1?* would hardly consider a arnoidd?** rubbish dump an attractive f aeto his campaign, nor would the mi/j 1 in that particular locality. Householders in the vicinity «f n corner 01 Wilson's road J? Martin's road have been smoked out during the last by .1 pile oi material used in fi£ Uj a gully, and the Fire £ been called out many times ° a«>- 4 8.3 p.m. on .Saturdav the 'fire vf- V> HberSir"'" I,ho 1,h 0
(BPBCLH. TO "m FUU,") WELLINGTON. September 20 Tho fire brigade received a call' t 9.45 o'clock last night to the Alben Hotel, where it was found that a q uaa . tity of straw and wood from cases in the cellar had caught aliju The outbreak was quickly At ll.li o'clock the brigade received another call to the same bnildi ß »"T" t.imo tlie fire having broken cot tlireo bedrooms on tho second i 0 B Tho flames wero suppressed qaitkh. v ot ' not before the bedding and »«iw w. badly damaged. The iSfc wero unoccupied at the time, th! owners of the building are Messrs Oil mer and McGuire. Tho building Wa j insured in the Atlas Insurance for £5500, and the contents were coveted in tho Guardian Office for £4400,
(KUSSS ASSOCUTIOH TKLSQUU.) PAHIATUA, September 20. Fire this morning gutted R. Merrie's garage, and fivo cars, five motor-cycles, and ten bicycles wore destroyed*. A. and P. Association's office was gutted and a quantity of material m* burned. The building -was owned bv Mrs Emily Crewe, and is believed to bo insured for £IOOO in the National Office. Three of the cats and the Association's material were insured.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18184, 22 September 1924, Page 10
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