FIRE IN MANNERS STREET
TAILOR’S SHOP BADLY GUTTED
At fen minutes past nine last evening a fire broke out in th© premises occupied by the Paragon Tailoring Company, Manners street, the property of Mr William Corcoran, Adelaide road.
Mr Francis Moore, employed in the Zak Photographic Studios, situated above the tailor’s, noticed smoke issuing from the premises below, and gave the alarm. The brigade wore quickly on the scene, and extinguished the fire in a short time.
The fire appears to have started in the vicinity of tbe gas-meter in the rear portion of the shop. Considerable damage, as a result of fire and water, was done to the cloth and garments in stock.
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New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11649, 13 October 1923, Page 6
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114FIRE IN MANNERS STREET New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11649, 13 October 1923, Page 6
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