LARGE FIRE IN CHRISTCHURCH.
:: v.-'vYO^G^MAN^ : ;ESCAPE.' ; : . "'. ~ (BT. ■ TJLEOEiPH—PEEB3 ASSOCIATION.) ■j '••■ :-. •;" ' Christchurch, December 24. At' 3 o'clock 'this morning a fire broke out in' tho . s Wiltshiro Buildings "at the corner of High , and Tuam Streets. Mr. Masterß"(outfitter) .'occupied the: ground floor, but had time to take out m?jst of the stock, which was , insured for: £700 'in the Australian 'Alliance. .Messrs. \yoods's dental plant'was partly It waj'insii'red:for'£2so in the New , .' Zealand Office'.; Mr. Harvey' M'Donald (tailor), arid Madams Julie (milliner), whoso premises l were practically destroyed, were tin-' - insured. Mr. .A. 1 , . !Burn '(jeweller), ,-■ who' only- opened his ;s'. "oii '.'.Satn'rday,. had. a stock'Cov'ercd in '. office unknown;-'-hut .'a' large portidii-'.was.? T Vod. !■''.■*":.'.■•;'.■ -.■■:.. \:■ .-This building beln to Mr. A. J. White, . and : :was, insured f~.- £5000—£1000 each in Vietona,'Th'cenix," -.;.t]as,"New' Zealand,' aiid' North! Queensland 'Offices.'- ....'-. ,-. j The'cause ofthi fire is; unknown. The hiiiidingtwas a new brick one, and a big por-tion-nips ail's was unoccupied; '■-, ; ' •/A)y6uug man sit ling on tho premises was cut ioff; by .;the boning staircase, but was • rescued by means i ; a fire escape.. .' Strenuous.,effor I .of-, the .-brigade..;saved Messri. Keiripthoi ■-.jProsser. antl Company's ' establishment adjV'')ng. ,;,,• ..' -~ ..,
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 78, 26 December 1907, Page 9
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188LARGE FIRE IN CHRISTCHURCH. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 78, 26 December 1907, Page 9
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