FIRES

Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10741, 12 November 1928, Page 2

FIRES

PORTION OF PRAM FACTORY GUTTED. (Press Association.! DUNEDIN, Nov. 11. The upper story of the pram department in the workshops of Messrs j. and W. Faulkner’s premises in Castle Street was gutted by fire about 5’ o’clock this morning. The fire brigade was summoned at 5.16, but beiore the outbreak was extinguished considerable damage had been done. A huge quantity of metal was completely ruined, bv fire, v aiuabie coppered steel wire that cannot be replaced, and large stocks of brassware were rendered useless. The whole of the upper floor was reduced to a tangled mass of wreckage, and practically nothing was saved. The stock, on the ground Hoor was considerably damaged by water. In one place twenty-five tons of bright steel bars were covered Avith water, and these will all have to be cleaned and dried immediately. The fire was fortunately confined to one department, and no other nart of the building Was damaged. The origin of the fire is a mystery. The building was insured for £ISOO, the stock for £2500 and the machinery for £2OO, all in the Royal Exchange Assurance Coy. . ; UNOCCUPIED HOUSE DESTROYED. (Pres* ABBoolatlon.' AUCKLAND. Nov. 11. A six-roomed, house at Castor Bay, Tayond Takapuna, owned by Mr. W. F. : Handley, was destroyed by fire, together with the furniture, late last mght. It was unoccupied at the time. The house is behoved to Be insured in the Australian Provincial Assurance Association, but the turn tu.ro is uninsured. 1 Protect yourself against losses by fire by insuring with the Norwich nuion Fire Insurance Society, Ltd.— W. Lissant Clayton.*..* If you realise that you are not adequately insured against fire loss The Mercantile and General Insurance Co. Ltd., is a New Zealand Company with all its capital invested in New-‘Zealand, and thus can assure you prompt settlement. —Bull & Eawards. District Agents.