FIRE AT NEWTOWN.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 125, 19 February 1908, Page 10

FIRE AT NEWTOWN.

. 0 A fire was discovered at 2 p.m. yesterday in an upstair bedroom of an eleven-roomed dwelling in Adelaide Road, occupied by Mr. ■A. J. Rand and situated behind a sash and door factory. The ceilings of two rooms and tho roof had been destroyed beforo tho Fire Brigade got the flames under, and the furnitu.'o was considerably damaged. The.hie began iiiside one of tho walls of tho bedroom, an-i is supposed to havo.' been caused by sp irlvs" from tho factory chimney. The family wer.j ii the houso at tho time tho fire occuire.i, hut wore all downstairs. Tho firo wis ver.v difficult to cope with, becauso it had g-<t right into'the roof. ; . The building is insured in tho Commercial Union Office for £600, and thero is a policy fo. - £3C'i on the furnituro in tho United Office. • At 3.27 p.m. tlio Brigade received a call by fire alarm from Constable Street. It was a falso alarm caused by contact with the wires;