FIRES.

Auckland Star, Volume XXII, Issue 143, 18 June 1891, Page 6

FIRES.

On the 6th of June a twelve-roomed house in Tinakori Road, Wellington, was destroyed by lire. The property, which was unoccupied, was owned by Mrs T. Young, and was uninsured.

At 2.0f) a.m. on June 9th the house of I<lr Henry MciTadden, situated in Fairburn's Road, Otahuhu, was destroyed by tire. Thu house was insured in The Royal for £100, and the furniture in tho Imperial also for £100.

A 4-roomed house in Chapel-street, Cambridge, occupied Mrs Ben. Edwards, was burnt on June lOtb. The furniture was insured in the New Zealand Insurance Company for £60. The house was owned by Constable Finuerty, of Auckland.

Afire occurred at Epsomßoad on June 13, and totally destroyed an eight-roomed house, the property of Mr Matthew Edgar, the late lessee of the Terminus Hotel, Onehunga. It was a well-built house, and insured for £300.

The Green Island Hotel, Dunedin, owned by J. Toomey, and occupied by D. Richardeon, was burnt down on June 9th. The occupants had some difficulty iv making their escape, children having to be taken by a ladder from the balcony. The fire is supposed to have been caused by the high \riud blowing; the embers of a fire iv the bar parlour on to the floor. The building, etc., were insured for £650 in the Standard office and the srock and furniture for £400 in the National.

About 9 p.m. on June 7th a three-roomed cottage, the property of Mrs Ann Jane McConkey, situated near Gaol Road, Mount Eden, was destroyed by fire. The house was occupied by a young man named Thomas Martin, who was from homo when the fire occurred, and unfortunately lost all bis personal efiects, which were uninsured. The building was insured in the Norwich Union Office for £SO.

A conflagration, unexampled in its extent as unfortunate in its effects, occurred in Suva on Thursday, May 2lst. The entire block of buildings occupied by the leading commercial men of the town, together with their valuable stocks, were a prey to the flames. At one time the Post Office, Custom House and bonded stores were in imminent danger. Altogether, the losses mount up to the respectable total of about £30,000, the insurances covering about £10,630. The following will be found to be nearly the correct estimate of losses by the various insurance offices:—Kamburg-Magdeberg, £1,400; Imperial, 820; Northern, 1,000; South British, £160; New Zealand, £1,525; Hanseatic, £2,325 ; Transatlic, £3,400.

One of the most disastrous fires that have taken place at the Thames for some years past broke out on June 16th in the establishment of Mr William Deeble in Rolles-ton-street, who carries on the business of a butcher and grocer and provision dealer, on an extensive scale. The whole of the stock and almosb all the furniture were totally destroyed, while the building was levelled to the ground. So far as can at present be ascertained, the loss will be fully £1,500, while the only insurance is a policy of £500 in the Victoria Office. This sum will not cover the cost of the building. Nothing is known as to the origin of the fire, but Mr Deeble considers that it must have been purely accidental. The Post Office Hotel adjoining Deeble's premises was somewhat damaged to the extent of about £50, while Mr Laing's (licenseo's) furniture was also damaged by water. The hotel is owned by Louis Ehrenfried.