FIRE IN A UCKLAND.
1 Vantages *5000.
•i (BY TKLKGBAPH. ) (UNITED PR" 8S ASSOCIATION.) : . . ; Auckland, 1 his Day. ■-.. f| A dostructivefire broke out m Monnt ji'Bnd Road at 9 o'clock,, near the i scene of the late fire, at tha .shbp.'iof Mr James> grocer. Owmg to defective, water 'supply the fire was only arrested after-the destriiction'of five residences and thr*ee shops. The loss is estiWtedat between £4000 and £5000. The origin of the fire is unkuown. Mr James had gonfr" to bed u'pstaii^ and' the firo broke out m the kitchen below. The, fire aroße through a tenant hamed V: James placing a pudding m a po^ on the fire, ahtl going to bed, it is supposed soma of the fire fell on the • woodenifloor. :>^ ir-JJi ;i '''■'• ;
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 51, 29 January 1884, Page 3
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127FIRE IN AUCKLAND. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 51, 29 January 1884, Page 3
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