FIRES.

Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7804, 6 March 1891, Page 3

FIRES.

THE LYTTELTON PIBK, The insurances on the stock of th* Canterbury Grass Seed Cleaning Com-. pany, destroyed by fire during Wed* nesday night, were £3230 in the Sun, and Victoria Insurances Companies, Slant, and £300 in the Liverpool, iondon and Globe. The insurances will, cot in any way cover the loss. The plaftti was valued at £900, and there were 700 bags of seed ready for shipment Home yesterday. The building was insured Iα the Commercial Union for £160. 16 Iβ estimated there was about 3000 bags of seed in the buildings at the time of the fire, valued at about £80001. Mr Lees, the manager of the Com* pany, has been all over the Peninsula lately making purchases of seed for mo works. A good quantity of the seed will be saved; but It will to a certain extent be all damaged. Gangs of men were pat on to work yesterday mornlag.bagglQgSße seed which was not damaged, at tha street end of the building. Numbers ol the bags were only burnt at the ends, but the contents are saturated with water. It appears that the doors, both back and front, were open to the building at the time of the fire, and there is no doabfi but that the conflagration originated Sα the engine-house. There was a strong draught of air through the building at We time, which accounts lor the rapidity with which the flames spread.

{PBBSS ASSOCIATION TSLBQBAM.) INVERCARGILL, March k A six-roomed house owned by Jacaea Pomeroy, was destroyed by fire which mi ginated through a defective chimney, Tin house was insured for £125 in the National and the furniture for £50 in the Equitable The loss was £200 above the inaunuMMb Nothing was saved.