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The Brisbane Fire.

The following is a list of insurances held by the various offices on buildings and contents destroyed by tho great fire in Brisbane, Queensland, on 18th September, probably the heaviest loss ever sustained by the companies in a single firo in tho colonies : — Australian Alliance -D. L. Brown & Co., stook, .£IOOO. Allianco of London— D. L. Brown & Co., building, JC1500 ; stock, .£4000; total, .£5500. Atlas -D. L. Brown & Co., stock, .£2OOO. Colonial, N.Z — D. L. Brown and Co., stock, JB2OOO. Colonial Mutual— D. L Brown & Co. , stock, £2000 ; Barker &, Co. , stook, JB1000; total, .£3OOO. Commercial Union— D. L. Brown & Co., stock, .£7500; Barker A Co. , building, £ 1000 j stock, .£3000 ; total, .£11,500. Cornwall- D. L Brown and Co., stook, ;82010.- Equitable, N Z.— D. L. Brown & Co., stook, .£IOOO. Guardian - D. L. Brown A Co., building, £4000 ; stook, £5000: total, J9OOO. Glasgow A Londdh— D. L. Brown & Co., stock, £1500. Indemnity— D. L. Brown & Co., stock, £1000. Imperial— D. L. Brown & Co., stock, £3000 ; Barker & C<\, stook, £1500; total, £1500. Liverpool & London & Globe— D. L. Brown and Co., building, £3500; stock, £1500; total, £5000. Lion— D. L. Brown & Co., stook, £2000. Lloyds, London— D. L. Brown k Co., stock, £18,400 London and Lancashire— D L. Brown & Co., stook, £5000. Northern-D. L, Brown & Co, stock, £4000. Norwich Union —D. L. Brown A Co., building, £1000 ; stook, £1000; Barker A Co., stock, £3000 ; total, £8000. Now Zealand— D. L. Brown & Co., Btock, £4000; Barker & Co., stock, £3000; total, £7000. North British A Mercantile— D. L. Brown A Co , stock, £4000. New Sonth Walos-D. L. Brown & Co., stock, £3500. National, N.Z.— Brown A Co./stook, £2500; Barker & Co., building, £700 ; stock, £1500 ; total, £4700; Phoenix -D. L. Brown A Co., stook. £5500; Barker A Co., building, £1500; total, £7000. Qneen-D. L. Brown and Co.. building, £4000 j stock. £5000 ; Barker A Co., stook, £4000 ; total, £13,000. Royal— D. L Brown A Co., stock, £5000; Barker & Co., building, £1000; stock, £1000; total. £7000. Standard, N Z.— D. L. Brown and Co., stock, £2500. South British, N.Z. — D. L. Brown &Co , stook, £2000 ; Barker and Co., building, £1000; stook, £1000; total, £4000. United— D. L. Brown A Co., stock, £1500. Victoria— D. L. Brown and Co., building, £1000; Barker A Co., stock, £1000 ; total, £2000. Totals— D. h. Brown and Co., building, £15,000 ; stook, £101,400 —£116,400. Barker A Co., building, £5200 ; stook, £20,000 — £25,200. Grand total, £141,600. ________

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Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 90, 13 October 1888, Page 2 (Supplement)

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The Brisbane Fire. Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 90, 13 October 1888, Page 2 (Supplement)

The Brisbane Fire. Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 90, 13 October 1888, Page 2 (Supplement)

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