FIRES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 139, 6 March 1908, Page 9

FIRES.

r N■■ .» — ' DWELLING-HOUSE DESTROYED. '/.; (BY '. TELEGRAPH.—I'RESS: ASSOCIATION.) ' Auckland, , March 5. ' An .eight-roomed: house on Seafield View Road, owned by Dr. "A. Patersen, and occupied by Mf. J. A. B. Patersen, was totally destroyed by.fire at 5 o'clock this morning.,.. ' Patersen' rescued his , wife and, children with difficulty. Ho himself was considerably burnt,;'and.the. children were slightly singed when. being,carried out., _ /'■'',. - . The/insurances are £250 on tho house, and .£250 furnituro (total loss),'.both- in tho. Na-tional-office.'' Tho'-loss excodds thp insurance by '£300. . /'/'. //;/;'. i//. ; '/ ;• - PAINT SHOP DESTROYED. . Heisoni March 5. A fire brokeibut at midnight arid' gutted Messrs:' Savage and Sons' paint/and paper-' hapging shed—a.building .detached_from the main store ill Hardy Street. Thp brigado had in locating the fire, which had a> good hold before 'the water was played on it.- Tho pressure o? water was, also weak. -Tho main .building was saved, as fortunately there-was' no ..wind., 'l'hera was an; insurance of £100 on the store in . the Sun office, and £80 in the Royal, on tho stock. The 1 losses';are con-" siderabjy over < the, insurance, but are un•ascsrtainable yet; .■•.,■ ;■ . //' BATH HOUSES IN DANGER.. ■ :i Te Arolia. March 4.

, A lire started this afternoon ..ill apaddock' at the foot of To Aroha mountain; a beauty spot of-the-town. Fanned by the..wind,-the, fire : spread with great rapidity, destroying all native trees and shrubs with ivhich the hill was covered. Tho fire is now coming down Bald Spur, at the back of the sanatorium grounds. : Should it get into Pine Grove, in tho rear of, the Domain, the hath houses will be in great danger. The fire brigade and .residents are-working hard to provent the_ flanies from spreading through the sanatorium grounds., ■ ■ - THE NELSON OUTBREAK. 1 '■■■■' •. ' •Nelson, March 5. ' Thb stock in" Messrs. Savago and ..Sons' bulk 5 store' destroyed,by fire : last night , was yalufed .at £1000, the insurances being as; follow':: £200 in the 'Yorkshiro Offico, £200 in the South British) and'£loo each in Sun and' Northern Offices.'The building' was un-i-insured. There was'.-a policy, of £80 on tho glazing Wed and'fixtures,'but 'the,',stock of plate glass, valued at, £300, . was not covered; ■