FIRES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 35, 26 September 1911, Page 5

FIRES.

(Per Press Association.) Auckland, Soptember 25. Shortly before 2 o'clock tiusmornmg a mo was noticed »y a constable .u a fruit and' confectioneryr siiop Known as'“The 1 Rost/' in tile'King s joint .ouilaing's, in 0 ppA J . ljueen street, Tne snop was occupied by ivirs. loOvy. it is in tno centre of a new bride blocn owned- by Nevillb iVewAbout the same time-the neignjo’ars were nAroused by tlieJ-’ loud Dcrtunis of Mrs. -bevy, who wihiTsleep.ug upstairs in the back portion of ine Sno was awanened by tne jihoite, and sue nastify alanneu her son- isoelrtAVy,Trhff niayncip, .Miss .■.clue Woods,' uotn of wnoili were uiso doping on tno same r hat. By tins time tne lire lin'd a good hole, ana .is the retreat-or uie three-inmates was cut oil from,.the back, they made uneir way tnroiigii the deiisd ;JmoKe, ind, by breaking a front window, gainjd access .to.iffilssO'eraiidah. ThjtßWpmeii were terrilied, as the great llames began to lick their way tnrough tne roof, me brigade arrived at tiiis stage, and rescued the two women and the young man, who were all clad in night attire, from their dangerous position,',' The outbreak was suppressed in about twenty minutes, but not before the omitting had been practically gutted, .httlo damage, except by water and (iraoke, was done to the two shops adjoining. TelftlO'r .. Blenheim, September 25. Early this morning an old two-stor-ied nouse in Henry Street, owned by T. Davies and occupied by \V. Stevens, metaphysician, was totally destroyed by lire, together with all the contents. Owing to the absence of water tne brigaae was able to do nocniiig. The origin of the outbreak is a mystery. The building was insured .or .T2UU in the Phoenix Ollice and the furniture for £<jJU in the Commercial Union. Timaru, September 25. At about 5 a.m. a bauiroom at the rear of Dr. Dryden’s residence, a wooden house, was found to be on lire. Mrs.,-and Miss Drydell were sleeping in an adjoining room and were awakened by the articles falling. The brigade saved the rest 'of the house. About £IOO worth of damage was done, but it is covered by insurance. There is good ground for suspecting incendiarism.