FIRES.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14326, 17 October 1910, Page 7

FIRES.

LONDON, Oct. 16. The Jewish Synagogue in Raven Row, Mile End, was gutted by fire, GISBORNE CLL'JJ DESTROYED; Per Press Association. GLSBORNE, Oct. 15. ahe Clubhouse oi tlie CiUbonie Club, a large two-storey building, was gutted by fire this morning. Tho outbreak occurred in the lavatory shortly after 9 o'clock and the lire quickly swept through the buildings. The furniture in a. leu - of ihe lower rooms was saved hut the loss i.s heavy. 'The insurances are' £IOOO on tho building m the State Office: on the furniture i'dOU in the Sun Office; on , .Orchestral .Society's instruments AMo in the National Office. ENGINE SUED AT GORE. LOCOMOTIVES DESTROYED; . , x . GORE, Oct. IG. A destructive lire occurred at 3 a.m. this morning, when the local railway engine shed was burned the ground. J lie building contained two locoinotivs, one of class K used on tile express between Gore and Kingston, anil the Other Of class F., a- shunter. A .rale was raging all night- and the structure being uf wood was quickly demolished before any effort c-.uid he made to remove the engines. The brigade were ]>■>>■. .'i less to do any more than prevent T-ne spreatl o the liames to buildings near liy. Indeed it Avas fortunate that the Wind was from tho we.,t and not from the opposite direction, as in the latter alternative it is highly nrobable that a unmoor of the main street shops foitj yards away would have been dest oyed. Iho pumping plant in the shed, consisting of a. power oil engine and pump, was serious!v damaged f.ie two locomotives present a. most dilapidated appearance in daylight. AH thoir hght fixtures were buckled 01 torn of! by the excessive heat. There "ill be no interruption of the service. l,:ivu been made to-n.ght- to send other locomotives from T H orig;n flf tlw <™tbreak 15 a complete mystery;