INVERCARGILL.
This Day. Yesterday morning, at 5 o'clock, a disastrous fire occurred in Devon Street, on the premises cccupied by Smith, cabinet maker. The Fire Brigade were speedily on the ground, but their efforts were to a great extent paralysed by want of water. Smith's buildings, together with the house he lived in, were burned to the ground, and the adjoining houses of Falconers and Saunders were only saved by the almost superhuman exertions on part of the Brigade. Buildings on the other, side of the street were also in considerable danger, but through the aid of wet blankets and other appliances, the fire did not spread to them. Smith was only insured in the New Zealand offlce for £200. His loss over and above Insurance is estimated at something like £1000.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 658, 24 March 1879, Page 2
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