CHRISTCHURCH.
:■■•;<;-.'~: • ••• '■■'' -I :"si^ r '::':'':■': "" -'■"■ ':Z Thursdaj/: A fire occurred at the shop of; 6ne Fisher,.a grocer, at three: o'clock this morning. Theifire brigade turned put : very promptlyf" and the 1 doors being kept closed tiHgithfiengines:got■. tp ,wprk, the fifer was' 1 extinguished 'before it' gained "iiittcfe griJuntlt'" One' sf earn: engine was working twelve and a half minutes after the alarm was given, and another in fifteen. Damage done-£2OO. The stock and fixtures were insured in the National for £700; and in the New I Zealand for^ £303. It is supposed that the fire originated frpm matches being gnawed by mice or rats. . The New Zealand Shipping Company ! have received information that the ship ; Waimate arrived at London on July 10, after a passage of 85 days.
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2050, 30 July 1875, Page 2
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