FIRE AT ASHSURTON.
[BY TELEGRAPH. — PRESS ASSOCIATION.] ASHBURTON, This Day. About tea o'clock last night a twostorey wooden dwelling of fourteen rooms situated on Wakanui-road, occupied and owned by M. Moriaty, was totally destroyed by firo. Only a small quantity of furniture was saved. Thero was a stoppage in tho water supply, and the brigade was practically powerless. The tire is supposed to ha\o originated through one of the family inadvertently placing a lighted candle near the wall, and paper becoming ignited. The insurances on the building arc £400 in tho Alliance office, and on the furniture £100 in the North British office.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXII, Issue 133, 3 December 1906, Page 8
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103FIRE AT ASHSURTON. Evening Post, Volume LXXII, Issue 133, 3 December 1906, Page 8
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