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PAGE TEN.BIG LOSS BY FiRE,I I 'nin, our I'orrespondrnt.)Linsfead, February 11. On e more Sir. Robert March, a m r-chant of this town, ha? been called upon to face another bis loss. On t'his occasion he has suffered a hi lt;of between four hundred to five hundred pounds, a.s one of his branch shops at Clu e,- field in which was carried on a retail dry :d.i, grocery, liqt r and provision business. v. as reduced to ashes by fir** on Sjn,la\ morning last between the hour- of two and three o’clock.How the fire originated is still: shrouded in mystery, itut fro n what could b gathered, i: is said, the in unager of the shop. .John Hylton. (dost d up at n;U* o'Hi..*., in the night and it was about t**n o’olo k win n be left the building*for ihome. It is said a man who liv snearby heard the bursting , fbottles at about two o’clock next morning and on going outside he discovered that the shop was on Are from the inside. He gave the alarm and shortly after alarge crowd gathered on the s eue. but all that could be done was tostand afar and gaze on the in nst r carrying on his cruel work of destruction, for there was no water available, and even if there a a-, it 1 would have b en no avail as tlie fire had already developed s ub* a pro* tportit.n that it would have been an utter Liu possibility to y u t it out at that stage. At daylight all that was * left of a once valuable building andits stock was a mass , f blazing bottles and ashes; not ane thing \\.t saved.The police were communicated with and shortly after lt;F t* live Watson was On the scene gathering statements, but up to the present,’nothing more has been li* trd of the matter.It is believed in some quarters that the building was eaten d by a, burglar or burglars who after satisfying themselves w'irh what they wanted, set the place on fire.It is said neither building nor 6tock carried any insurance.Not even the Saturday's sale did Mt. March get, as it fR «said. the manager gave an account that heIX
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Kingston Daily Gleaner
Kingston, Kingston, JM
Tue, Feb 15, 1921
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