Fire at Auckland.
[Bt Tiliqbaph.] (unitid fbxsb association.] Auckland, This Dat. Owen & Graham's wholesale warehouse, Queen-street, was disoovered to be on fire at a quarter to 8 this morning. The fire originated in the basement storey nsed as a packing department, and the flames leapt up to the fourth storey, whioh contains silks and fanoy goods, Ao. This portion of the store was completely gutted. The Fire Brigade got the fire under in half an hour, but not before the whole building had been completely drenched with water. The insurances m the stook and building amount to £49,000, and the loss is ronghly estimated at £14,000.
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Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 109, 1 June 1885, Page 2
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106Fire at Auckland. Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 109, 1 June 1885, Page 2
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