FIRE AT HOSPITAL

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 274, 13 August 1920, Page 6

FIRE AT HOSPITAL

UTJNDKY AND ENGINE-ROOM GUTTED. By Telecraph-fress Association. Blenheim, August 12. At an early hbiir this morning an alarm of lire was given by the watchman «t Wairau Hospital, who had discovered an outbreak in tho roof of the laundry and engine-room, a large aud up-to-date new building. No fire-fighting apparatus was available, but the stall' saved what was moveable. The 'building was «mipletely gutted. The machinery, including the electric plant, was badly damaged. Tho cause of the fire is a mystery. The. insurances are £4500 in the Royal Exchange Office on the • buildings and plant, which were valued at £9000. DAIRY FACTORY DESTROYED. Woodville, August 12. About midnight the United Co-opera-tive Dairv Company's cheese factory, in M'Lean Street, was totally destroyed by fire. Tho insurances are: Building, £900; plant, £870j cheese-making material, £250; all in the Government State Fire Insurance. The loss above insurance'is £1500. Be Prepared. Insure with The Insurance Office of Australia (Tho "1.0.A."). All claims settled without vexatious delav. Wellington Office, 33 Johnston Street—Advt. ...