Fire Destroys Tahiti Residence.
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From Our Own Correspondent.
Papeete, May 20.
LAST Saturday, at midnight, the inhabitants of Papeete were awakened by the clanging of the fire alarm, and the whole town was soon flocking to the suburb of Farepiti, where a red glare lit up the sky. for, strange to re late, in a land of wooden houses, fires are by no means common here.
The scene of the calamity was the newly constructed residence of M. le Judge De Rossi, a double storey building, very near the Blue Lagoon Hotel. Although the night was ex ceedingly calm, the house was a hopeless ruin before the fire brigade got to work on it, situated as it was some distance from the town.
The cause of the conflagration is at present un known, as the Judge, with whom we all sym pathise, was aasent in the country at the time.
It is understood that the loss is partially cov ered by insurance.