FIRES IN THE NORTH.

Mataura Ensign, 15 March 1909, Page 3

FIRES IN THE NORTH.

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Ills UNITED I'K.ESS ASSOCIATION. ASIIHURTON, March 10. A tiro-roomed house in Cambridge Si reel, Hampstead, owned by Mr 1). -Mcintosh and for some time, occupied by .Mr W. R. Shatl-ock, was tiitii pan of its contents completely destroyed by lire at ,'!.,' JO a.m. ro-day. Mr Sliattoei; was about to leave the house and had; somo of his furniture removed. The origin of the tire i 5 unknown, the house being unoccupied ai. the lime. Tho insurances on the budding weio Cl7,j in tha London and Lancashire office, ami tIOOO in tiie Xonh Queensland'oilice on too l'urniture. BLAZE IN WEiZINGTON. WELLINGTON, March 10. A three-storeyed building in Virion;! Street occupied by Messrs 1). AY. Yirlue and Co.. grain and produce merchants, was the scene, of a. lire hisi evening. Although the Hume.-, were, soon suppressed by the brigade, a large, qiuuUity of grain and produce suffered damage. Tho insurances were as follows—On the building, £125011 in the Phoenix Company; on the eontonts, £-l."0 in tho Norwich Union Co.; on the inachinerv, £2OOO in the Norwich Union, £SOO in the Royal, £750 in the Phoenix, and .tft'O in tho Atlas. Tho New /'calami FlourmiUers' Association, tor whom .Messrs A'irtue ami Co. are the local agents, had their stock of llour insured tor £IOOO in the United office and £IOOO in the Norwich Union. A NAKROAY ESCAPE. AUCKLAND. March la. A tire early this morning gutted two Lome street cottages owned by Mi: Crawford -and occupied by Mr Phillip Gibh and Mr George Rrodenck. Brodenek's family had to leave the X'■-t-.igc by an upstairs window.