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;' '. • A TOWN DESTROYED. , ' United Press Association — By Electrio Telegraph— Copyright. ) . . NEW YOEKi May 26. The town of St John, New Binnswick, jbas been destroyed by fire. ' The-damage is 'estimated at £90;000. -(The population .of St John^ in 1891 vjonmbexed 24,000 persons. It v .is. sitp,fced ■ i«4 the mouth of a large river, and.its;har"jboßr is open all the ; year rouDid; ; It y.'.the 'jbutleffor a considerable area, of^agncul!tural and timber country,, and it commands 'fisheries of considerable value.)' . ■ "... 1- j SYDNEY, May: 26;- --... Five business places at ßourke were^deBtroyed by fire. A fireman, named Norris, .was injured, and is in a critical condition^
, -At nine o'clock last night a fire occurred .at Southbrook, practically destroying a five- ■ roomed cottage, owned by Mrs Beattie,. of Summer Hill, and occupied by Mrs Jeffrey, (Mrs Jeffrey put the children to bed and i went to the gate. On returning she. found .the house on fife. She immediately raised, lan alarm. The Southbrook Fire BrigadV iwere promptly on the ; scene with their enIgine, and soon mastered the fire, not, howjjever, before tie building had been ■ practi;ically.' gutted. The furniture was got out i more or less damaged. The insurances l*fae-£fp on' th<e' house and £50 on the furni\.'st}irer<in iijie. London afld Lanca£siirebffic|e;. " ; •
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6496, 27 May 1899, Page 6
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