FIRES.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12911, 27 February 1906, Page 5

FIRES.

RAILWAY WORKS DESTROYED.

United Press Association—Per Electric Telegraph—-Copyright. : ' OTTAWA. February 26. Tlie-intercolonial railway* wcrkslrcps at Monet6n. .N'ew Brunswick,."have been burnt, the "damage being, estimated: at 1.000.000 dollars;,

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THAMES, February 26.

Three.destructive fires have occurred at the Thames since Saturday night. The flames having too great a* hold to save anything, Mr A. Martin's house and furniture were completely destroyed through a child overturning a kerosene'lamp. The insurance on the house and contents was £IOO in the Guardian Office. Mr T. Cooper's bakery and store and adjoining dwelling-house were burnt to the ground yesterday morning through smouldering wood igniting. Last, night Mr A. McLoujjhlin's house caught fire and was soon in flames. A water-race runs underneath the house, but it was useless to arrest tire fire. Mr Loughlin had a narrow escape from suffocation, but was rescued by a neighbour". The insurances are:—On'The furniture, £l5O in • the Liverpool. London and Globe Office; on house, £2CO in, the Sun Office. ;