FIRES.
■ CARRIAGE:WORKS DESTROYED. , . . (By is'sOCIATIbN.)! . ', ' Ashburton, March 29. The Bon -Accord carriage arid works .were .totally:.-destroyed-by fire: at: 3 o'clock this, iporning. The' business was leased and worked:- bv -Mr.- John- Stribling, and ,owned by, Mr. ."Charles Reid.-' "An- inefficient water , supply preventedthe brigade : from :coping -with"- the - flames ' till i-fclie mam building' ;was' gutte'd, - but their.^effort's; saved two: uri--attached, workshops'.' •.•;Tlfd !, s'tdok: in.' trade,: including some 'gigs and ! a;.quantity 'of tools; « as covered by. a-policy! 'of: £300 in the Royal : .office, but-Mr. Stribling estimates a loss ovor and . above , this,.ofenearly ! £200. ' :.Mr.-: ; Reid had the building'-'irisiired for- £100,Vand the ofi^ce.... •;: FIRE AT AYESTPORT. .;- -! Westport, March 28. > ; -Damage: to, the extent bf-. £80 was done to the 1 stock:by,a Tiro at Messrs'.-.Franklin' a"d Hpskings's'. workshops':" There was an insur.anco!:'of -ihe Manchester offico.-, ■ ;.-' : ' :', V. ■ ' ' : Cliristchurch,'March 29. - .A six-roome'd house, ;sitiiated in! Worcester Street. Linwood,' owned 'and occupied by Mr. Paul St. John, was. completelyvdestroyed; by fire early ithis ' 'morning: " The. house' was insured for' £300,'iri' thef Liverpool and Globe officoji'and the : furnitu're : 'forj £100 in. the State offico.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 159, 30 March 1908, Page 8
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177FIRES. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 159, 30 March 1908, Page 8
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