The Fire at Mr Caselberg’s

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XX, Issue 2013, 5 January 1887, Page 2

The Fire a t Mr Caselberg’s

j..i our last we clirooicled tlie destiuction of Mr M. Cuseiberg a lino residence at Mastertou by fire, on Sunday night. It broke out about if o’clock and at 10 (says the Daily) the scene wee one ol awful grandeur, (bo uo>

checked Jflames reached to a oul* hei((ht, the heal driving the «>^ t^ tanir . aide the enclosure ot the extens . • wua and setting the lawn grass on *” • xhe beaten out with brushwood n ‘ g t erv , origin of the tire is enveloped i , J bo ul The yonngest children were put w , . oca a quarter to nine, and the servant oasiou .0 go into the bath room water, nnd nothing amiss was c ya c i then, A little later, when tb ® " C * J ot ,r chil iron went upstairs, the batb ’ . all( j was open, and everything appeared _ • tQ when Master Nathan passed the door B fh# his room he noticed nothing unu ® ' t b e lirat indication was a reflection “ ~ boy's bedroom door, which on a __ the canse tound one ol the bath too in liatres, and they with P“ # Nothing whatever was saved up»i» ’ bedding, wardrobe and jewellery fc> the latter item alone being estimated The insuranoes on the property ar LI4OO, furniture L6OO (including two P IRB ® J; Library L2OO. The Library, which «° Bl , t seen L4OO and LSOO. was almost enumy lost, only a few books ol Action hj i g covered. Mr Caselberg estimates his over and above the insurance at Lie • when the various items are taken m lO ® sideration it will be found to he some under the mark.