Fires in Gisborne.
t t '.'-,,. ■ - Gisbobkb, This Day. Jjast night a fifteen-roomed house which was being ereoted for Lieut-Cfelonel Porter was destroyed by fire. The builder, Mr Eonsford, states that the "house have been completed in three weeks' time. 5f«A x u 8 ?l ed in . the New Zealand offioe for ■6450, but he estimates his loss at £100 above that sum. The origin of the fire is a mystery. Laßt week another "house nearing completion was destroyedln a .similar manner and it is thought there must be an incendiary about. An enquiry will -be vtoli to-morrow; '. :,-'..' -;-:. :<-- :^«> yx. %vs^z,
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXV, Issue 246, 16 October 1891, Page 2
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99Fires in Gisborne. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXV, Issue 246, 16 October 1891, Page 2
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