FIRE AT WANGANUI.
[B* TELEGRAPH. association]. Wanganci, Wednesday. A fire broke out this morning in the premises of Cummins, Sharps and Co., firocers, in the store-room, and got a good hold before the alarm was given. The fire spread rapidly to the adjoining office of Mr. Burnett, solicitor, and the shop of Mr. Cumberland, cabinetmaker. Cummins' shop was completely destroyed, and the other two places gutted. The insurances are: Cummins' building, £500 in the Sun, on stock £750 Liverpool, London and Globe, £250 South British, and £250 Northern, Burnett, £250 in the Norwich Union; furniture and books, £150 in the Victoria. Cumberland's shop, £250 in the Imperial. The tatter's stock was uninsured. Most of it was removed, but the loss sustained is £200. Cummins is a heavy loser of £1200. Burnett had a narrow escape, and also Mrs. Harris, both of whom were sleeping on the premises.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10125, 7 May 1896, Page 5
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