FIRES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 148, 17 March 1908, Page 5

FIRES.

' j . TEI.IiGItiPH—PKESS .C . " Auckland, March 16.. ■The" residence/ of iMr. • Samuel- Carlyon at Coromandel' was.rdcstrbyed'' by fire,'at two o'clock this morning. The fire originated in the;- vicinity- of the kitchen. - A piano and some other furniture were' saved.: <.The house and furniture' were insured for'£2oo with the New- Zealand Insurance Company. :\ > '"■ A Vseven-roomed ; ;house . in' Arriey "Road, Romuera',;: owned by : Mr. > Coles, and. occu--pied. by Mr. 'Malcolm. l Fleming,- was': totally destroyed by fire oil Saturday. It was jin-. sured for £300 in the Sun ; Officc. ■' Tho furniture was uninsured.' . • ' ■ A fire occurred" early on' Suriday morifing ?31r , ;-tho."r<!sidcnce v o{."Mr. ;.Leo<" 'Myers,' j occupied by Mr. "J.'.Mills,' Collector of Customs. The brigade . confiiied .the ' fire. to - the';, front portion' of. the" house, _iij. IwhichVwas a quantity of goods belonging Uo. Mr;' and . Mrs.' Myers, stored prior to their, departure for' England!' .The damage .is estimated 'at £2000/ • Tho house was insured for £2000 in the AlliWe, arid the 'furnituro was "insured in .the same ofiico. . .-' : ' . '- •• :-.'J . Nelsonj March i.6. A firo occurred on Saturday orcning 'at Mr. W. O'Connor's, Appleby. Forty-nine sacks of barley wero burned and new empty sacks, also.tho barn,< Workers.managed to parfily save a stack;-that was uncovered ready , for threshing,' but tho barlOy wiill.bo only .fit !for fowl feed. . Messrs.. O'Connor and Cook and Satherley, the thresher, ownors, will be heavy losers. . InVail the loss will bo about £400. The causo 'of the fire was ashes left when the thresher, stopped in tho forenoon. The Fire Brigade .was called out at 3.15 o'clock yesterday, afternoon 'to Toreador House, Clifton Terrace. It was'found that sonio'wearing apparel in tho washhousc had caught fire, but the flarnes' wereextinguished without much "damage"being done. ; A small outbreak-of,fire, occurred at Kelr burne on-Saturday night, .when the floor and fittings, of the front_part. of a dwelling occupied; by. Mr.". Albert I'rosser as, a bobtrrepairmg : shop were - damaged. Tho , outbreak .-is supposed ■to have been., caused by a man throwing: a lighted ; match -.down carelessly! The; damage is estimated at about £7. .