Another Destructive Fire.
[BY TI'.LKGIUrn_ rEV ;s;j ASSOCIATION.]
W«XIlt0I0Hi Sunday. A Fiiir. broke out n t twenty minulo.
pact ono this morning on tho pre»niHoß ol ilnseoll and Co, atctioneors, Lambton
Quay, and beforo he fire brigade got :i.y -,: n — O8 under tho building was gutted. Ibo liiu UfV—- *.... u»., n nt \uinivied under tho skylight at tho t&V buck portion of tho building, but! bnw U unrounded with mystery. Fortunately thoro was no wind, otherwise tbo Star Hotc.l nr.d Bovornl other building 3 muet have boon destroyed Mrs I'ringlo'e millinory nhup, next door, was saved with difflonlty, but (.ho contents woro destroyed to fomo pxtont by water. The following are tho insurances :—Haa-oll's building, i'JIOO Victoria, £100 Standard ; stock, .CiOO South British, £250 Victoria, £250 Equitable, £300 London and Lancashire. Mr Ilaesoll oatimates his loss at considerably above tho insurance, and offcra a reward of £100 for tlio conviction of the person who ect tiro to his premises.
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Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 25, 31 January 1887, Page 2
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