Camp, Deniliquin

FIRE AT DENILIQUIN.

CHINESE CAMP DESTROYED.

DENILIQUIN, Monday.

A disastrous fire broke out at the Chinese camp at 4 a.m. to-day, destroying between 20 and 30 habitations. The camp forms at the west end of the town a distinct settlement of a little village of weatherboard shanties used as stores and dwellings. The buildings nearly all adjoined a narrow street about 15ft. wide, dividing the places into two rows. The fire is supposed to have originated the central buildings from a Chinaman smoking opium. This Chinese was extricated with great difficulty. He was frightfully burnt and was unconscious. He was immediately conveyed to the hospital, and is in an almost hopeless condition. Only two buildings of the whole settlement were saved. A great deal of stock and furniture were removed, None of the property is known to be insured.

The Sydney Morning Herald, Tuesday 23 January 1900, p.9.