FIRES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3418, 9 January 1912, Page 3

FIRES.

PA * - ' ‘ MOa^E i ; fu- o TOTALLY DESTROYED. ■fJX'ifbi ii Kf .'Olf %:.■??;■.'•*/?; I ' Early.on Timrcday'- the lafge : ten-roomed aceomiimklationljou,se %t 'Ngataipa, fOS-eavea. with its contents*, tdtajUjf destroyed by fire. ,V Y‘- •'> U>V ;,Ab:mt 3.90 a.in. Mr Greaves wtasijawakdned by an unusual noise, and/on goCiijg t O . the kitchen found tfitom. it in such volumes as to; iiiafke it impossible to enter the apartment. The fire had such a liold that all Mr Greaves could/ dp Yvas'yt&ihurriedly;'' rescue) his, ; /four phildr.en, f 'wh.p pverd* sleepifigin 'amitherddom. ffiort.'■lvYafter''"•th!'e jittle b.epd got] - safely AUt, the building in flames. \ ‘W sf . An effort was made by some ijien wild occupied whares near- the mouse to re-, cover some of the effects. but the flames spread witlyjsiieh AApidity... that thbiif attempts weye/ M \ , ,-i ? ) | r Hie building was a comparatively new yfho/\a’id]n\TpFGrea?'ek' isf glitter' unable to count'rorJtlre outbreak;,. Mrs was absent at Wharekopao when, th<j> fiiie oociurred'. f| Ybl 7/it VI .ifHT ,] [ ,f i t',* The,, furniture was insured iiybthe ' ’South' 1 British Office for £IOO. The building is the property of the Governji inept, ywhich recently out up estate Ifor closer settlement. Insur P ances on this, ..ijF n any, r n#y.e-.nnt,obtain)- • able. ' W “‘***' Di« BOARDiyCHOUSE " ABI.AZE. H j ! Lfbr -press --association.] - | 1 AUCKLAND, Man,--8. 1 : A fire broke out in a nine-roomed house last flight in Arthiir lPot|s'ohby* and occupied J by Cfnitt's. Four ropnis -.were;.-.gutted-,■■..■.■ and ..-the.:remainder much damaged. The house and contents \v'ere insured for £SOO. | j d¥i¥ryj W Hern i&S ojjt. , .Jn connection yyitli the,fire at. Green “Line oifl wheiuailidiise and "stable"bccifpie'd''ln r 'R()b'ert"*Pbffer were found] “ph fire fin seyeral- 1 '.plages, the coroner’s jury- returned -a--verdict that a .wilful attempt -to set fire to both was’ ■ffiuldb'i bV Ptfrt&r.Yi M - '“’“HOUSE InFCONTENTS DE- ; i, STROYED. ‘ > .7 ~t V, ‘ f January 8. iK 1 ilofise'fit’’ Mrthdk’a u/ ‘occupied by Jk ;W. .Bolton, was completely destroyed with'' its this morning. The: insurance on the nouse was £350 in theState office. It is not ascertainable if the furniture was insured., |. { •1 CYCLE SHOP DESTROYED. : , yly WELLINGTON, flan. 8. i A fire at Petoiie yesterday jUestrpyed Pointon’s cycle shop. He was engaged in; .repairing a . motor cycle; when ',;the engine ’exploded; ’and the place burst into flames. Damago.-was,..also. donfe to .adjoining shops, by. smoko water. The place was lined -with asbestos, or. the whole block, of which the shop'Avas one, would .have .been destroyed.