FIRES.
(Per United Pbess Association.)
Auckland, February 19. A. 10-roomed boarding house in Wakefield street, occupied by Mr Herdson, was destroyed by fire at 2 a.m. Mrs Herdson and a lady lodger escaped by sliding down a bed quilt, and were caught by bystanders on the pavement outside. The house was destroyed, also much of the furniture, which was insured in the Royal office for £200.
Napier, February 1?. Mr F. Nugent's store and telegraph office afc Maraekakaho was totally destroyed by fire yeaterday morning. Insurances :On the building, £150 ; on the coutents, £700—both in the National. Half the total amouut js reinsured with the Liverpool and London and Globe.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 10731, 20 February 1897, Page 6
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110FIRES. Otago Daily Times, Issue 10731, 20 February 1897, Page 6
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