DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT WANGANUI.
■ * [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wan'ganti, Monday. A fire broke out in the Avenue on Sunday morning at four o'clock, destroying the block of buildings occupied by Messrs. G. D. Jones (tailor), Johnston and Co., of Wellington (merchants), and Beale ami Co.'s Sewing Machine store. The fire originated in Jones' workroom, and the Brigade had some difficulty in confining it to three shops. Moults (crockery warehouse) adjoining, caught, but was extinguished before much damage wa! done. The insurances are :Jones, £400 in the' New Zealand on the stock ; Johnston and Co., £350 in the National (stock); Beale and Co., £200 in the Standard (stock). The buildings burnt were insured for £250 each, the National having £500, and the London and Lancashire £200. Mr. Goldsbury, manager for Beale and Co., escaped with nothing but what he stood in, and loses all the clothing of himself and family. Mould has £1000 each in the South British and Phoenix on the stock, and the building is insured for £350.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 8284, 17 June 1890, Page 4
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