FIRES.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13359, 27 December 1906, Page 5

FIRES.

Per Press Assocjatioii. j•• Napier, December 2<J. A six-roomed hoiisVin CamTeron Road, awnwl by Mr John? Qtfnper and oecupkxl by Mr« Mac Donald, was totajly destroye-d 'by fire this evening. The building was insured for £200 in tlie Union, and the furniture for £150 in the Yorkshire .office. Wah^anu^.-'Deoem'ber 26: i A six-roomed house in MatWieon-st., owned by Charles Cathro, of Waverlcy. and occupied by Charles- , , Staddon," was dostroyod by fire ..this morning. The furniture was irjsxirod for £128 in 'the ' Phoenix. ' '. - N ' *" • Blenheim, December >U6» ] Tkz Criterion Hotel, Captain FalConor Hcpnspw*, was destroyed" by fire at 12.40 this' morning. The boarders, 22 in number, escaped, in their riightck>thes, several losing their personal offectf?. Captain Falconer's Xmas Eve takings and £150 in notes j were lost. The insurances total £3y- j 500 or. buildings (owned 'by Dwan Bros., Wellington) in th-e Phoenix, Commercial and Soiith British, . all three offices being about 'equally interested, and £1000 on the furnitur?, the offices not being known.,. There was a^ small sum on the licensee's 1 ! personal i effects. v ' ■ , . - 1 Auckland, December 25* A new two-storey brick building, occupied* by Ilyan and Co., engineers, was gutted by fire to-day. The whole of tho contents were destroyed, including sixteen motor cars, .valued at about £10,000 to £15,000 ; ako the ; plant, which was valued at £8000.