BLAZE AT CAMBRIDGE
WOODEN BUILDINGS PARTLY DESTROYED
[ Per Press Association. ] CAMBRIDGE, Alarch 27
At about 3.30 a.m. this morning a block of old woodeu buildings in .Duke Street, owned by Alessrs Broad and Broad, were partly destroyed by fire. I Shop premises occupied by Air .lames Kidd, saddler, and at the rear living rooms, occupied by Airs Radford, wero completely destroyed.
By the splendid efforts of the brigade a portion of the buildings occupied; by Alessrs Broad and Broad, grocers and ironmongers, was saved, though the stock was slightly damaged by water.
The insurances are: On the buildings £740; on Alessrs Broads’ stock £4OO, both in the Sun Office; on Airs Radford’s household goods £35. Air Kidd’s stock, which was totally destroyed, was valued at £lBOO.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20107, 28 March 1928, Page 6
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126BLAZE AT CAMBRIDGE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20107, 28 March 1928, Page 6
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