FIRES IN CANTERBURY.
(united press association. ) Christchurch, November 19. Two fires occurred in country districts 40-day. Some sparks from an engine ignited a stack of linseed straw on the premises of the late Linseed Gil Company, at Rangiora. Several stacks belonging to Messrs Nicholls -and J. Johnston, and a portion of the ’building belonging to Mr A. J. Carmichael were destroyed. The damage done amounted to about £IBO. The building was insured for JE7S in the Standard office. The stables attached to the Leeston Hotel were destroyed by fire to-day and the hotel saved with difficulty. The stables were insured for £2OO in the South British office.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 769, 26 November 1886, Page 24
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