FIRES.
1.. SHOP DESTROYED. [BT TKLEiniil'i: —riti:ss association.) I nvercargill, August 31. i This morning an old wooden shop in Tay Street, occupied by .Mrs. Fox, fruit-eror, and H., Crawford, bootmaker, was destroyed by lire.. Tho building was owned by Mr. -Robert Erskine, and insured for £100 iii tho : Royal Exchango: The contents of Mrs. Fox's shop-were insured' for £100 in the Sun ■offioCi" ■>'■' ■ 1 ' ■ •' : ' ARSON ALLEGED. • Recfton, August 31. ' The" inquest on the Southern Cross Hotel . fire oil August'l3'resulted in a verdict be,ing returned that the hotel was wilfully set fire to, but there was mot sufficient evidence ta t .sliow by. whom.. - , ''Tlie residence of Mr. Lepper at Lowry Bay was burned to the ground at four o'clock on,.Sundayi,morning. Tho fire was discovered by Miss Plielan, and sho at once aroused Mr. and. Mrs. Lepper and their two children, who were fast asleep. The family h'ad.vory. littlo time to escape, and saved 'only .a. few things. Assistance was rendered by all;tho,residents in the bay. Mr. H. W, ;Lepper is the loser,to tho extend of £150.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 290, 1 September 1908, Page 9
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177FIRES. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 290, 1 September 1908, Page 9
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