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DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT NEWCASTLE.
THE POLICE STABLES AND OUT-
HOUSES DESTROYED.
[BY TELEGRAPH.].
(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)
NewcASTLE, December 18.
The police stables and outhouses here
were completely gutted by fire this afternoon.
The horses and saddlery were saved.
All the hay in the stables was lost. Great
difficulty was experienced in keeping the fire
under. Mr. Lee Steere's property was in
imminent danger. The police. under Sergeant
McKenna, assisted by townspeople, prevented
the fire from spreading. The fire started
in a. dung heap, close to the stables.
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