FIRES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 141, 7 August 1911, Page 5

FIRES.

(Per Press Association.) Dunedin, August G. A tobacconist’s shop and dwelling in George Street, occupied by Alexander Robertson, was partly destroyed by fire at 1.15 this morning. The occupants of the dwelling, nine in number, made a hurried exit, practically in their night attire. The origin of the lire is unknown. The stock and fittings were insured for £125 in the New Zealand Office, hut the furniture, valued at £SO, was uninsured. The building was owned by Mr Fyfo, and it is not known if it is insured. Westport, August 6. Fire at 10 o’clock to-night destroyed a two-storey building in the heart of tiro town, owned by Mrs McGill, and occupied by Mrs Patterson, milliner, and S. L. Freeman, jeweller. The fire had a big hold when discovered, and looked as if it would sweep the block, but by the strenuous efforts of the brigade it was practically confined to the one-storey building. Tire walls of tho premises owned by W. P. Williams, and occupied by Rosenberg, and of tiro building owned and occupied by Bodell, and of a building in course of erection, owned by G. W. Martin, were partly burned. The goods in Rosenberg’s drapery shop and Bedell’s tailor’s shop sustained much damage by water.