FIRES.
BLAZE AT CARTERTON. (Pea Press Aesociation.i CARTERTON, September 6. At 1.45 o’clock this morning a fire broke out in Allan Weir’s mercery shop, which was completely gutted. The building is one of four attached wooden shops owned by W. J. Lindop and occupied by J. W. Ellis (chemist), P. F. Evans (draper), and Alex Lindop (confectioner). Ellis and his family, who were sleeping on the premises, had a narrow escape from suffocation. The flames took hold in the roof, but the brigade succeeded in staying the outbreak. Weir lost the whole of his stock and books, and Ellis’s shop suffered severe damage from smoke and water. Neither of the other two shops was damaged. "Weir’s stock is insured for £1420, Ellis’s stock for £SCO, fittings £350 and building £llOO. Both Weir and Ellis are losers, the latter’s loss being particularly heavy.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16523, 6 September 1921, Page 7
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142FIRES. Star (Christchurch), Issue 16523, 6 September 1921, Page 7
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