FIRE.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1031, 21 January 1911, Page 8

FIRE.

; . "DWELLING DAMAGED. • ■'.A, firo broko .out in Slajoribanks Street about' 10, o'clock yesterday-morii-'ing resulting iri damage, to.'three'dwelling houses. At 10.10 a.m. the brigado received a-call to 71'Majoribanks' Street—a .five-roomed .house.' owiied by Mrs. .Rcdward and occupied by Arthur Fori)cll.>„lhe- flames, had-a good-hold when-the brigade arrived, and before the outbreak was. extinguished,, the building and its contents were badly damaged. -It is" believed that tho fire, which. originated in tho kitchen, was' caused by a.. flying. spark. The contents were covered by a policy in' tho Australian ■ Alliance Ofiico for £100. Somo .damage was, caused. to tho side wall of No. 69—a six-roomed dwelling owned and occupied by Mr.' J. J'. M 'Grnth. Tlio residence' is covered by policies in tho Norwich Union for £750 ori: tlio-'building and £500 on tho contents. No. 73 also had a sido wall damaged. , - This is a five-roomed dwelling owned and occupied by Alfred "J. Burton. .The building' is-insured: for £150 in : the National and the contents for £100 in. tlio same office. • ■

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