A FORTUNATE CHANGE OF WIND.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXVI, Issue 7564, 7 May 1919, Page 5

A FORTUNATE CHANGE OF WIND.

/ STRATFORD, Maj,'6:;'J|S A fortunate change ot wind and thtf splendid work oi th-j Fire Brigade ur||| c'oubtedly paved the l;re from taking^? the whole oi the street to Mr 3Sew.W|ii| | King's corner, and posMbJy beyond, tlj|| lire being a nested at the Central ,Qbjiisi Op. on one side and Foster's on...i&M ether. The whole of the biuidin}g|l v.ere on railway 'leases, and naturaiiji v/ere not so solidly built as those freehold. Bo far the origin y ot Wfs ire is a mystery. Details of the Mra surances are not yet available. ■■■>y .-J^ The lessee of the fehop where the 'llrl^j I first broke out is T. J. Sheahan, a' re-'' 'turned soldier, who is,at present it .8 I liotorua, and a brother has been piaa-^'J aging the business for him. .-A^eW'fl nunutes to tweh'e, J)r. Steven the buildings, when everything appettr;t| c-d all right, but ]u&t after midnigtoß| tiames burst forth m gi-eat volume.."J Sheahan's building owned by V*>Vl T. L. Paget, now ot I'aimerston North ifa Finerty's" by Mr Wake (solicitor, o^J Auckland); and the York Chaotanr^fl block by Ebenezer Burgess, now a reswj dent of Hamilton. ' &M The insurances so far available tfiOife-B that Dr. Paget's building was lnsureSl for £525 in the United; Sheaha,!!I'^! stock fittings: and blihard table *o||j £400 in the Ocean; ford's stock apdS| tools for £50 in the Ocean; Theo3Optffi|l cal Society's furniture, £30 in tb^l (Jcean; Burgess's building, £/00 in PmM State Fire Office; Tsier « othoe *u*»ffl| ture for £100 in the Northern; Barker's stock and httings, £250 "^W^i Atlas; S, Cook, furniture and Sw^^l £50 in the Atlas; Harris's stock '_W*s|| fittings, £100 in the Commemira| Union; On Kee's building, £^Wm.«»^| stocki £500 in the Conimercwl union™ J. D. Healey's oftico furniture, ''fl|fl in the Commercial Union. /"^^fßß