FIRES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1009, 27 December 1910, Page 5

FIRES.

■•_ —4 — ■' ; : KENSINGTON STREET.... :-"•; BOAEDINGHOUSE DESTROYED. ' A littlo before 8- o'clock last night, •smoke and'.flames were observed coming : . from a large house at the corner of Abel Smith Street and Kensington Street, and the alarm was immediately, raised. \\ lien the brigade reached the scene, .hbwcvpr, i i■■'■ ..the-fire was.in an advanced stage, ana ■it raged for close on. an hour .before tie • flames were suppressed. By that- time '. the contontsof the house had been destroyed, and the . building, a. wooden structure ol- 16 rooms,.,was very badly, damaged. The house is known as No. d Kensington Street, and is- occupied by j Mr. Michael O'Brien as a; private board--inghouse.. , Tie, name; of the .owner of : the building was not ascertainable last • night, but Messrs. Thomson and Brown ■•■ " are the agents. No .one was at homo .Khen-the alarm was. raised; and .the /cause.of the fire is unknown.. The con- '■ tents were insured for £325 in the Uhit- ,'■ ed Office,,, but.-the 1 insurances on the building were not available. ' ■ "While." the fire; was in tho ■ house next 1 , door, No. 73 Abel ; Smith ; .'Street, took.fire, and tho efforts of the brigade had to. be directed to it. One room in the top floor was badly: damaged, and also the roof, while the rest of the .building was'damaged by water. This •house is'occupied by. Mrs. Susan Pede'r- / 6on as a boardinghousc. The contents ' • were not. covered by insurance, and par-. ' ticulais of.the insurances oa -the build- ■ ing are not'known. , ! BOAEDINGHOUSE DEMOLISHED. ■ LADY'S LEAP FROM BALCONY* '•.-.'(By Telegraph—Press Association.! ... If. . Hawera, December 26. .-.A fire occurred at Hawera on Sunday morning, by which-Mrs. May's boarding- ' house (Islington House) and the adjoining premises, occupied by Ah.Chang, gen- . eral storekeeper, were completely destroy- ' ed. '■'* The outbreak originated in the vicinity of the-boardinghousc kitchen, and had a good.hold of the building -when \ the. brigade arrived.. All the-occupants escaped, but were lucky to get clear. '• The owner (Mrs. May) jumped from the jbalcony,'■and sustained slight injuries. . The boafdinghous© wAs enlarged three ■" • months ago at a.cost of JE6SO. The in- . eurances are :■ £300 in the Alliance office, and; £700 in the National on. the" board-, linghouse, and £100 in, tho National, on the furniture. The store premises were covered for £400, and.the stock for £650 in the North : British office, ... Other b.usiL ness premises ,and a residence .were slightly, damaged,: ;'■ Thoy were insured in the .' »Stote office. .' {THE DAIRY FACTORY FIRE* HEAVY LOSS ESTIMATED. ;. ■•■:•.. ■ . Hawera, December. 21.-. : The origin of the Kaupokonui, fire is tot yet definitely ascertained, for though ■■■when discovered all.indications pointed to. an ■ outbreak in the boiler-house, an examination of the walls, round the boiler seemed to show everything in order. The estimated loss above the insurance is from ~£BOOO to. .£10,000,' - .• . , • ... ' Other' factories are taking the milk supply, but buildings a short distance away from tho burned factory, are being utilised, and probably a temporary fac- . Tory will be running within three weeks. ■'...-'.'.': TIMBER YARD AFLAME, ,;" Timaru, December 26. ' At 3 p.m.' to-day a fire was discovered in the. "Westland Timber Company s yards ■ on the beach. .It appears"to Uavo.start- . -ed in.aft outhouse, from which the mill buildings on one side and the timber stacks on- the other caught, hre. J-he ■ brigade was successful in confining tlie fire within small limits, but several hnn- ' dred,pounds' worth of damage was done. ■": CHRISTCHURCH OUTBREAKS. , Christchurch, December 25. The fire t brigade had three calls, one last night, and two. early this morning An unoccunied five-roomed house in Addington ■ was totally destroyed at 3.55 a.m. to-day. The insurances wpre not '. available- ~ 3 !■ ■' At 4.10 a.m. to-day a firo was discovered ' in a five-roomed dwelling-in St. Albans ■ occupied by T. Ponlter, who, with - family, was. abwnt at the time. The '• front portion of the building was damag- ■ ed. The State Office has a risk of £1650 on the buidling. ', : '■■' : 'THE DUNEDIN. BLAZE. Dunedin, December 24. Tho Otago A. and P. Society decided thi= morning to reconstruct the Agricul- ,' ■ ■ tural Hall without delay, and to modernise it in every way. ACCOMMODATION HOUSE BURNT. -"'.' ' ■ Gisbornc, December 24. , : 'Eissett's store and accommodation ■'"•'".. house at Waimata Valley was destroyed ,-:'', .by fire.last night. '"■.'■ [The Minimax Hand Fire Extinguisher ,! is simple, effective, economical, and.dur able. A. -T. Bite,. Nathan's Building' ; Wellington, is the agent.]—Advt, "