FIRES.

Gisborne Times, Volume LXIII, Issue 10141, 29 October 1925, Page 6

FIRES.

MANUFACTURERS’ PR EMI SES ABEAZE. INSURANCES TOTAL £40,030. AUCKLAND, Oct. 29. . A fire occurred last night on the premises of Alex. Harvey and Sons, manufacturers of dairy utensils, Albert Street. The first and second floors contained plant valued at about £20,0)0, but the bulk of the damage was on the third and fourth floors. Considerable damage .was also done by water to the offices and showroom, where valuable machinery used for printing labels and devices on tin were saturated by water. Probably much damage will have been done to the large stock of tin plates. When the brigade arrived.. the centre portion of the top floor was well alight. The fire ran through the lift well in the centre of the building, mounting to the ventilating gable, which burned fiercely. The brigade made a. very creditable eave from a total loss. No estimate of the loss is’ yet available. The insurance on the buildings and plant is, £40.000, the policy being held with the BrPisli Traders’ Insurance Company.—P.A.

FLOUR MILL GUTTED. DUNEDIN, Oct. 29. A disastrous fire early this morning gutted Steven and Company's flour mill in the Water of Leith Valley, owned by Harraway ard Company. The brigade arrived at 4 o'clock, to find tho position hopeless. The whole building was a mass of flames. Dwellings in tho vicinity were threatened, but the brigade saved them 1 seathless. It is suspected the origin was a frailty switch. The insurances ape not available but the total loss of valuable machinery " T 'n stocks involves very many thousands of pounds.— Press Assr,. ‘