The tremen bad not long retarned from fighting the above fire when they were called onti.to another blaze that ith their flimsy coverings were well alight. The flames spread with great rapidity, and wi the Fire Brigade arrived several buildings were huraing. The firemen quickly got to work, but it could be Id be impossible to jings that were on fire, and efforts chiefly directed towards prevent-1 ® spread of the flames. After about ao hour's hard fighting the fire was extinguished. Shops Nos. 971, 978, 979, 988, 991 and 095 wore totally destroyed, and Nos 970, 977, 982 and 992 were partly destroyed by fire and water. The property was owned by a French Father, and there will be heavy losses in connexion with the outbreak because no insurance was carried. It not knowe how the fire was caused, tnt the lessee of Nos. 991-2 expressed the opinion that one of his employees bad been smoking opiam, and, having been overcome by the drag, left the lamp burning, which became overturned and thus ignited the bed coverings,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.