THE COURTENAY PLACE FIRE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 161, 1 April 1908, Page 7

THE COURTENAY PLACE FIRE.

LIST OF INSURANCES. ' The following ,is a. list of :; the on tho properties 'destroyed; in . the; ,fire in Ccuirtf'Jiay Place'oil* Monday evening. Pukotapu Tnnteri'ilCor-r-Totfilf insurance); £2400- 1 Tho company's mill is msurod m the Phoenix OfficE'ior ,£oOO, the plant, fit-, tings, etc'.,' are covprotLby a policy of £7-50. in tho ft oval Bxolianse Company, and ,one of. : £1150 in tho .'Atlas Company.. .:! ' Young's briclc building. it-, | self (owned bv. Mr. T."'Young,, of : Messrs. , | Young and Tripe) M;as, insured for _£2800 1 _in'J tho Phoenix Olfice. Messrs. Nictil, 1 Strmgor, and llobartsj rdecoratora,Jiart r ofr .whose stock had been "left -in bmldjng,. '.wore••insured.for in tlio''Bouth'T3>ritish OfScn. The estimated valuo of- the ■ stock in the shop'wways y set :v dowri at--:£600.- ' -Mr;Thos. O.i-Tostor, tobr,cconist,-,inext,to Messrs. Nicol ; Stringer, aiulpHolierts, vin, »the ; same building, was covered by a policy fot\,£3oo. m tho Royal Insurance Companj.: Mr.-Tcs-: ter estimates his-loss : ,-ai»-fISO-' 'insurances' • <. •■• !:.J::;?b/; Messrs. G; Ricliatds aiid- James Wilton, who owned tho old wooden building oqoupied by Mr. L. Kano (confcctioner), and Mr: M " Levy (second-hand-'dealer);- Were Jiisurcd -m tho Sun Office for .." A ' u ' ; ; i S VWMILLg'" IN THE CITY •' 1 ■An ; insnranco 'Sfixpressed himEfelf in strong torms to a Dominion reporter jes-terday-on the. subject...of,.Sjiich,.dangerous: fire risks' as .open- timbW-yaiys'. .'bejn^;. to' exjst' in .congested parts' df.'tlio' city;' 'and' wis of opinion that tho Ci,ty Council should liavo a by-law :prohibiting' tlionf\. within' certain pity limits. Ho asks' what would have been the case if: Stewart's"yard i had caught badly on Monday evening. The yard, andliuildings extended over a very,large.,area. of. ground,. hnd as a good tho timber must bo -dry,, and thoro vwas' a-firio' brcczo to stir up tho flames, tho .result might-,easily liao-o been a conflagraijiipi.! IS'otliing could tlion hove saved' His Majesty's .Theatre, and tho btliel- 'wopdoii buildings on jiho othcr -sido of'Coiirte'iiay:Plaeo... . Tlio manager, spoko Df-.acsiinilaßjTisk which, exists in the heart of a very coiigested'area! A,few years ago,"',said hi, " I had £3000 or ' £4000 round 1 ' this l ' '! haven't a sixpence, ;thank heaven J," As a remedy, he suggests that tho Council; should enact : that all open timber yards shpuld .be on tho .mitekirts or suburbs of:the cityV ' Another risk ho knew, of, was placo.in a closelv-built part-of'tho'city,'\iii'ero a thousand barrols of oit'jvere stored. It was not volatile oil, but if fire got a-good:hold of it it would moan tlier.destrhction of at least a cpuple of blooks of 'buildings. Should sucha state of ithings existP- He thij\l? ikv ."' ! . ' ■•;