FIRES.
■ * — ~- / A CANADIAN CONFLAGKATIUrfV GREAT DESTWCnON OP PROPKRTY. United Press Association—By Electrio Tfilegranh—Copyright. (Received November 4, U.oO a.m.) V.WCOFVK'R. November .1. An Ottawa me??age states that, n ,firo at T-onclwn, Ontario, dpstroyed a larp:o portion of tho business section. The dam fi.ee is e-ytimnti-d at £150,000, hikl vivo .hundred men have been throim out of work. DAAIAOE .£IB,OOO. (■Received November 4, .10.30 a.m.) 'BRISBANE, November 4. A firs in Messrs Bmellio and Company's premises, Townsville, completely destroyed tiie property and the damage is estimated at £IB.OOO. Tho insur"anees amount to £16,400. • An alarm of fire was given at 9.10 this morning lor a fire in a coal bunker at Messrs Smith and Smith's factory in Tuam Street. The brigade turned out, and the fire, -which was of no great extent, was extinguished beforo much daiuago" was done.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 10301, 4 November 1911, Page 7
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137FIRES. Star (Christchurch), Issue 10301, 4 November 1911, Page 7
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