STABLES DESTROYED

Taranaki Daily News, 2 November 1926, Page 7

STABLES DESTROYED

HORSES’ NARROW ESCAPE. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christchurch, Nov. 1. Between II o’clock and midnight last night fire destroyed the racing and training stable of M. B. Edwards, at Belfast. Eleven horses were in the loose-boxes, including Black Admiral, but all were got out just in time. It was impossible to check the fury of the fire after it had obtained a firm hold, and the stables were reduced to ashes in a short space of time. A large quantity of feed in the feed, loft, where the fir'e apparently originated, was lost, as was the bulk of the gear, sulkies, harness, blankets aud so on. It is considered curious that this is the second training stable, at Belfast to to burnt out in a week. Last Monday night K. Smith’s stable, at the Belfast Hotel, was similarly destroyed by fire. But for the direction of the wind last night, Edwards’ house would also have been burned. The insurances were -£BOO in the Farmers’ Office. The contents were insured for £2OO in the Victoria Office.