FIRES.
Shortly before eleven o'clock on Saturday night a fire broke out in a house in Leea street, occupied by Mrs Macdonald. A window blind was discovered to be on fire, but some neighbors effected a speedy entrance and extinguished the flames before any great damage had been done. The Fire Brigade turned out promptly. The origin of the fire is a mystery, as no one is known to have been in the house since the previous night.
A two-storeyed hotel at Gumtown, 'Mercury Bay, Auckland, was burned down on Sunday, the 29th ult. The fire originated in one of the lodgers' bedrooms through a light. Nothing was saved, and the damage amounted to £1,450. The hotel was owned by Messrs Hancock and Co., and occupied by Mr Michael O'Connor, while the furniture and stock were the property of Mr James Macfarlane. The building was insured for £1,150 in the Commercial Union.
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Evening Star, Issue 10412, 6 September 1897, Page 2
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