FIRES.
EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IN TURKEY. i Bress Association-Bv Telegrapli-Copyrighl CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 14. A fire at Uskub--^destroyed. ; half 'Qie' town. The damage .is estimated at. £300,000. Per Press Association. WANGANUI, August .16. Early .--this morning -the . fever ward at th^'hospital was totally - destroyed , by fire. The ward was originally erected! as a ;plague/ hospital and w'as ' : thoroughly equipped: There were in it eight patients' and a nurse, all of whom got out safely. The building is insured, but the -details are not obtainable to r day. .
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13674, 17 August 1908, Page 5
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