FIRES.
A fire occurred at. Victoria Crescent, ';';'■• : -'V'Newmarket,: yesterday, when the shingle roof of a house occupied by Mrs. Fielmuller, »nd. owned by Mr. P. G. Clayton, was '■destroyed. The cause of the outbreak is alleged to he due to sparks from a passing -locomotive. The Newmarket Fire Brigade was very smartly in attendance, and sue-' ' ' eeeded in confining the flames to the roof.. The work of the brigade was most favour--I'. ably commented upon by the onlookers, and ; "■' it is held to be due to the systematic way in which the men went to work that the :,;'house was not entirely destroyed. The r ' furniture was not insured, but'the house was insured in the National office for £5.25. [by telegraph.—PßESS ASSOCIATION.'] ~ ; - Tih.vru, Sunday. j •'Two fires occurred this morning. The a ,;first Was discovered in Wakefield's board- ! i'ngliouse, near the railway station,- where the fire started in the kitchen, which was gutted, and several bedrooms were -much damaged. The total loss is estimated at "'"-■« £600. The furniture was insured for £"25 v ; ! 'jn the Alliance. A number of boarders were saved by ladders, but lost- their -. " effects. : Some young men.;: aroused by the ; .; hell -'ringing for the above lire, found a aau\l cottage in Theodore-street oh fire, and rescued an elderly woman named Collins, the only occupant, who was uncon- --:;■: scious, 'and put the fire out with .buckets. .'Th? house was full of smoke, and the ■'woman was rescued only just in time. She was taken to the hospital, and soon recovered. The cottage was but little dam- '■■-."■:■; aged..';-;-;,:.,.. ' ■ Dunedin, Saturday. ■:' ; ::)|' fire broke out at Methven's engineering ■ foundry, in Crawford-street, last night. The ;;:: pattern" and machine shops were completely : : gutted, and the moulding shop was damaged by water. The only insurance was for £350 . -in the North Queensland Company. This .'/■'; does hot cover the damage.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12402, 26 October 1903, Page 5
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