ANOTHER DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 1016, 8 November 1917, Page 5

ANOTHER DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.

ESTIMATED LOSSES OVER -£60,000. (Pus Press Aflßob;ino%) DVNKINN, Wftv. 8. A disastrous fire occurred at JoU" &"■ monds's hardware! shop and wardhouhc. Princess sticct, this mormng, tho «/wp" heing unknown. The firo ojikinatpd x Apparently about the centre of Lho bulldog shortly after 2 a.m. The roof foil UJ a boa' ihriH! o'clock, when .ill Uio firemen in tntf district were engaged. The trouble was so far in hand by four o'clock As to allow auxiliaries to bo dismissed. Two firemen Goldsmith and Adnmson, were thrown from „ ladder and injured. They were removed to the hospital, but the injuries, are not believed to be serious. Nothing is left ol Edmonds's building but the outer walls. A rough estimate placee the damage at £SOOOO to the suck and £7OOO to the building. , , The Grand Picture Palace next door has ti.n interior soaked, the damage probably amounting to £3OOO The Public Trust! next door to ihc south, escaped with £SO damage Steel's clothing factory above MoriU and Sons had the roof badly dam- | aged and the contcn'ts soaked and waterstained. Edmonds's insurances w believed to bo £35.000, but is not yet calculated.