FIRE AT TIMARU.
Timarxt, September 25. About four this morning an alarm of fire, the first this year was rung out. ; It proved that the premises of the Timaru 800.. Palace Company we're on fife." They were almost gutted,' arid tile' stock entirely destroyed. In preventing the. further progress of the , flames the .brigade . completely' deluged two ' shops, Collins, bookseller, and. Coxhead, tobacconist. The insurances on the Boot Palace are not" yet ascertained. The stock is valued at LI6OO, on which?, there is L 250 in the Union, L 209 in the North British, and LSOO in the New Zealand offices. Collins's stock is damaged by water, and is insured for LSOO each in the Standard and Union Company. Coxhead's stock is also much damaged. It is insured for LSOO in the North British.
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Grey River Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 5304, 26 September 1885, Page 2
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