The village of Robertstown, situated about six miles from Naas, was on Saturday visited by a very serious outbreak of fire, which threatened to leave the little village a heap of smoldering ruins. The was first noticed about 11 a.m. The alarm was at once given, and a telephone message was sent to the Constabulary at Naas. Under Acting-sergeant Larkin, all the available men in the station at once drove to the scene. and were followed by thirty men of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers stationed at Naas Barracks. under Captain Grimshaw. On their arrival the fire had assumed serious dimensions, and a strong westerly breeze fanning the flames, they had quickly spread to four houses adjacent to the forge. The constabulary and the military at once set to work on the burning buildings, but could do nothing to stem the terrific blaze with the means at their disposal. Seeing the serious nature which the fire was each moment assuming, and the danger of the whole village being reduced to ruins, it was deemed necessary to requisition the services of the Curragh Fire Brigade. Shortly before two o’clock in the afternoon two officers and twenty men of the brigade arrived in response to the call, and brought with them four lines of hose and a steam engine: a splendid supply of water was available from the canal which flows close by the village, and after the lines of hose had for time brought to bear on the burning buildings the fire was at last got under, but not until four houses were completely burned to the ground. One of the house destroyed was a public house, the property of a man named Connell, and all his property was completely destroyed. The occupants of the other three homes also lost all their household effects. The property was not covered by insurance, and much sympathy is felt with those poor people, who have been practically been left homeless.