FIRES.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 12956, 15 January 1913, Page 3

FIRES.

(Per Press Association.) MASTERTON, this day. A four-roomed house, owned by Rangi K«rehoma and occupied by Frank Boyle, together with the contents, was destroyed by fire last night. The furniture was jnsured for £100 in the Australian Alliance office. The insurance on the house is not known. BLENHEIM, this day. A ten-roomed wooden, building, occupied by Frederick Batchelor as a board-ing-house, was totally destroyed by fire last evening Mrs Batchelor, who was the only one at home at the time, was out in the yard at the rear. Hearing a rumbling pound, , she looked round, and saw the kitchen was in flames. A. strong wind was blowing, and the flames rapidly spread. There was no chance „of saving anything. A number of i boarders lost practically everything, and ~ '•- Mr Batchelor is also a heavy loser. The insurances are : Furniture and effects, £>2At>y in the Guardian office ; building, i owned by the Home estate, £400 in the Victoria office and £200 in the Alliance office. DUNEDIN, this dav. A six -roomed wooden house at Kaikorai Valley, owned and occupied by John Dickinson, fitter, was burnt to the ground early this morning, presumably through a small fire left in , the range. The insurance on the house was £300, and on the furniture and effects £300, both in the Victoria Office.