LARGE FIRE AT DUNEDIN. SIX BUILDINGSTuTALLY DESTROYED. [BY TELEGRAPH.] (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

Evening Post, Volume XVI, Issue 283, 29 November 1878, Page 2

LARGE FIRE AT DUNEDIN. SIX BUILDINGS TuTALLY DESTROYED. [BY TELEGRAPH.] (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

Dunbdu, 29th November, 9.55 a.m. At 4.40 this morning a fire broke out in the rear of the premises of Sihott and Walton, photographers, George-street. Owing to tho strong S.W. wind blowing, tho buildings being old wooden ones, tho fire spread with astonishing rapidity, and in a few minutes had communicated with Dreavers' (draper) on ono side, and Murphy's (bootmaker) on the other. The fire brigade was late in putting in an appearance, and the flames had taken possession of the entire block before the water was in play. The following premises have been totally destroyed: — Brown, plumber; Dreaver, draper; Millichamp, sawmaker; Woodward, general dealer; Murphy, bootmaker, who is also Captain of the Fire Brigado; Tondut, Rainbow Hotel. The heat and the body of -fire were so great that at one time it was feared lnglis's fine four-story building, in which the Carnival was held, would go, as it was considerably scorched ; and all the windows in tho ground, second, and third floors (the first being of plate glass) -were destroyed. It will take £200 to replace them. Most of the buildings are said to be insured, but as yet I have not been able to obtain the respective amounts. The following is a list of the losses by the various Insurance Companies -.—South British, £1100: New Zealand, £850; Norwich Union, £050; Colonial, £550; Union, £400: Northern, £400; United, £200.