FIRES.

Auckland Star, Volume XXV, Issue 237, 4 October 1894, Page 5

FIRES.

0;. grown's large generajajtor.ejfcJ?emtilEa, TiWaru,' and' S r sia&ll' Wore dec-troyed fay fire ou Sept. 30. ""C^rt "Harisen'a villa ob Kalap*p^*Chiistv church, was destroyed by fire on Oct. 2. The property is valued ab £1,000, and ia insured in the South British for £600.

A shop in Tory-street, Wellington, occupied by Thomas Bransgrove, bootmaker, was burned out on Sept. 29. Tho insurances are £125 in the South British, and £2!jO in the New Zealand.

A twelve-roomed boardinghouse in Lincoln Road, Napier, occupied by Mrs Fernandez, was totally destroyed by fire on September 20th. The insurance was £500 on the building in tho Manchester Office, and £250 on the furniture in the South British. ',<■■

A largo two-storied boarding-bouse afcJPalmersfcon North, owned and occupied by A. F. Anderson, was gutted by fire on Sept. 24. Insurances: Building, £225 iri the .National; furniture, £75 in the National and £150 in tho New Zealand. The boarders escaped with difficulty.

A fire broke oub on Sept. 15 in Dymock's bacon - curing factory, Waterloo Quay, Wellington. Damage to the building and machinery amounts' to £50 each, and to the wtock to £250. Insurance : Building and machinery, £250 in the London and Globe ; stock, £300 in tho Royal. The fire originated near the boilers,

A fire which occurred at Blenheim on Sept, J24 completely gutted the premises of Macey (photographer^, Shaw (chemist)^ Harding (jeweller) and Hennessey (hairdresser). The outbreak occurred in the back of Mr Shaw's shop, where an explosion of chemicals took place, and in a few minutes the fire ran through the buildings. Scarcely anything was caved from either shop, and individual losses will be heavy. The insurances are not yet available. Several adjoining premises were scorched, and stocks damaged by water.

A fire at" Manchester, Fielding, on Ocfc. 2 destroyed Worsefold's boarding-hou?ei'"tliOi premises of Wooding (vvatenmaker): andAtwood (photographer). The, firo began in the latter's back premises. Woreefold'e house was insured by J. Pollock,: tha owner, in tho Commercial Union for £400. The buildings occupied by Atwood and Wooling were owned by W. Stevens, and insured in the Commercial Union for £100. Wors>efold's furniture is insured for £100 in the Phiunix; Atwood's oil painting, £100 in the London %nd Lancashire ; contents of studio, £100 in the Phoenix. Wooding wa3 not insured. The total loss ia nearly £1,500.

A fire occurred at Onehunga on Sept. 11 at 2 o'clock. Mr Hyatt, news agent, wan aroused by a smell of fire, and he at onca awpke his neighbours. The shop of Mr Hyatt was next to the Terminus Hotel, and Mr John Bray, upon being aroused, at once awakened the occupants. A number of visitors, including a number of children, had a narrow escape. Mr Hyatt was insured for £150 in the Straits Company, the owner of the Terminus Hotel for £1,500 in the North German; Messrs Roberts and Harris, for £350 in Norwich ; Mr Bray's furniture £300, and Mr Bray's stock, £100 ; Mr Broadfoot, £200; Mr Sullivan's building, £100 in tha Union. The loss is roughly estimated ab £1,000.

A disastrous fire occurred ab Palmorafcon North on Sept. 11, by which the premises of Botfc, coachbuilder, Smith and Hall, stable* keepers, Wood, blacksmith, and Browning and Tory, coachbuildere, were totally destroyed. The total damage is estimated &b £3,500, covered by insurance to the extenb of £1,500 as follows:—£600 in the Victoria, £250 in the Standard, £100 in the Alliance, £550 in the New Zealand. A second fire broke oat in Fitzherbert's law buildings at 2.55 o'clock on the following morning. A two storey building was completely destroyed. The houses on each side, which were occupied by Harris, chemist, and Withers, were burned through the roof* The Fitzherberts were insured for £550 in the New Zealand and £100 in tha National.