FIRE AT CHRISTCHURCH.
[BY TELEGRAPH. —TRESS ASSOCIATrOX.] UirarsTCilUßCH, Saturday. About seven o'clock this evening a fire Occurred at the New Zealand Clothing Company's premises, -street, through a handkerchief falling on a gas jet. The contents of the window, consisting of men's mercery, were destroyed, together with the fittings surrounding the wall, and the ceiling was badly scorched. The damage is estimated at £400. The building and stock were insured, it is supposed, in the National, bub the office is nob known for a certainty, the insurances being effected in Dunedin. The fittings of the premises were insured for £500 in the Standard.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9161, 17 September 1888, Page 5
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