FIRE IN WELLINGTON.
I? rX-BSB AsaOOIATKW TSUBSBA]**) ..,■, - : WBLLINGXOW, September 25. ' A dsatruetive fire broke out, In tho rear Of' Oroakery'a, (late Croskery and Hasel) Auction Mart, _*mbtoa'suay, at ten o'clock tobaight. Tbe, fifco appears to haye occurred aniong some "fight goods at the back of tbe store, a-& '-'bptoad time it lobk«L as- it a very serious corfljgration Would be the" result. Wiggins' saddlery Store, adjoining Oroekery'a, on the Southern aide, was damaged to the extent of about.-£50,: and 8.. Holliday and Go's stationer's ahop an the northern aide had a patrow The'fire waa mainly flOnflned"' to;the, whioh is pretty well gutted, but most of the stock waa saved. The building occupied by Crockery is owned by John Duff, and ia-uudersteod to bo kieured for about ] £500. The stack is. also insured, but the offices are unknown. Wigjins'loss is eoyered byjinsoranca in the South British. Holliday ia ; the greatest sufferer, bis stock beiog damagedto a toge eifcentby water. Heio Insured £2050 irftle Transatlantic, Sbrwich Union, and (SaSiaaal § ffioeff. The origin of the fire is unknawn, no person having been on thb premises since six o'clock. .The fire brigade -were- boon -on thb spot; but there waa great delay in getting .water, 0n,,, several of thi couplings ~goin|bhe after the other. Fortunately the wind which' had been blowing] hard all day dM ? bway just before the outbreak, wothatmMaWeialbiiiar bmldings would hare been destroyed;"". ~-'*,
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Press, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5323, 27 September 1882, Page 2
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