DESTRUCTION BY FIRE.
(Elec. tLei. oopyright--United Press Assn (Received. June 29, 11 a.m.) MELBOURNE, June 29.
A fire in the Gippsland Co-operative Bacon Curing Co.’s works at Dandenong did damage estimated at £20,000.
iPer Press Association.; STRATFORD, this day
A twelve-roomed residence, owned by S. B. Hunter, in Pembroke road, was totally destroyed by lire at noon on Sunday, while the owner and family wipe visiting, a farm at Midlnirst. The building was insured for £I2OO ami the furniture for £BOO in the Commercial Union Office. The loss greatly exceeds the insurances.
Early on Saturday morning, a fourroomed house on the Strathallan road, near Waipaoa, owned by AlivWhite, and occupied bv Messrs White and Gordon, was burnt to the ground. The five had a good hold before being discovered, and the occupants were unable to save any of their belongings. 1 It is believed that the'Njutbreak was due to a defect in the iron chimney. The house was insured for £3OO with the Atlas Company, while All* White’s personal effects .were covered by a policy of £IOO with the South British Company. Mr Cordon’s belongings were insured for £BO with the Liverpool, London and Globe Co.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LI, Issue 16768, 29 June 1925, Page 8
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