DESTRUCTIVE FIRES.

Press, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4787, 6 December 1880, Page 2

DESTRUCTIVE FIRES.

fsaa SSBSS ißsoowttas sescxaij wxas,] DTOEDIF, Boaemtef.- ---■ One of the most disastrous ffro: which tfs oocumd in Danedin, bro&e out übent Sesr o'clock this morning in She lergo wooda building on the reclaimed laud need Ml-* engine aad tramway abed by Mr 1>?»: Proadfoofc. It Jβ not mown how tha firs Originated. Two men were on tha preasws at the time, cleaning engines, end so qofcHy did the flsmes spread that tiey bad bio'j timeto escape. Thebnildingwa«eosspk'«iJ. destroyed, also thirty-three tram cfl»,"e&?es engines, end a tremendous quantity of eats* The jnearancee were—Hew Zeafead, £2003 > Victoria, £1500; Standard, £500; Heswieb Union, £1000; Lonchm ana LaoesrfiH £1000} Transatlantic, £1000; Anetolfea Alliance, HBOO j Nations!, £1000; E&whvtg, £1000} total £12,000. It sesias almost cf* tain that this is a case of inoeadkrissn. Xha amounts above-named were obtained f" 2l the insurance agents,, bufc Mr Freadfoot t-sj* he ii .insured for £14,000* Ho ectimetes &* loss at £7000 above chic,. withcai; ress3i:«ijr the loee by the suspension of traffic, OS;}* tlssee cars are left. A cable xr-sasage be* tent .to America to-morrow for other?, »&3 sib more are on tbe way here, efTort 7a.i be made to ieep tip the traffic. , , KiffMAEA, Deceabar 5. A dieastroas fire acoutrod hers et Ih&y o'clock this morniog. X 6 commsostd os aforris Boss' Hotel,' Seddon* efxeet, which bsrned down, together with fchs prwaaKJ i& Mesßre Davis, tailor; Holmes, tbnt roeiM j Baber, firaiterer; md c email shop, Ti , -* origin of the flra is nnkaoira sS grsseaf, ftc& there was ho insurance on smj oz tlss bnuu* inga destroyed. The ft a-was csaleed to the hoosee burnt after great exerfaoa bj the fife* men and the publio. A gal-3 MWoff' ing afc the fame, end most of tla «:3ieres> eared nothing. The Earopean ssd xla» r Hotels were severely eootehw, snd "»crs wiui gseaS diffioolty ea-red. *• _ ■