FIRE AT ASHBURTON.
i Bt Telegraph.j ( UNITED PREBB ASSOCIATION.] Ashbubton, 3rd December. Cookson's stables at Tail's saddler's shop were destroyed by fire at half-past two this morning. Saunders' buildings, one of the largest blocks in the town, had a narrow escape of being destroyed, tha dinger being chiefly arerted by the efforts of the fire brigade The origin of the fire, further than that it is supposed to have ■ bar ted in Tait' 8 shop, is shrouded in mystery. The insurances are : — Cookson's stables and cottage at rear, .£BOO, in the Union Office; Tait, .£250, in the Norwich. Cookaon estimates his dead loss at .£4OO, and Tait at £250.
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Evening Post, Volume XXII, Issue 132, 5 December 1881, Page 2
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109FIRE AT ASHBURTON. Evening Post, Volume XXII, Issue 132, 5 December 1881, Page 2
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