FIRES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 9774, 22 March 1895, Page 2 (Supplement)

FIRES.

FIRE AT PALMERSTON NORTH.

Palmerston North, March 14. A serious fire occurred here at two o'clock this morning. The Theatre Royal, owned by Mr. Linton, and two shops owned by Mr. Kerslake, were burned to the ground. The front of the theatre was occupied by Mr. Donnelly, hairdresser, Messrs. Wood and Wisharfe, watchmakers; Mr. Percival, painter ; Mr. Percival. music teacher : and Messrs. Mowlem and Linton, land and financial agents. One of Kerslake ! shops was occupied by the Singer Machine Company. The theatre was insured tor £1000. £500 each in the Alliance and London and Lancashire.

Kerslike's building was insured for £250 in the Standard, and £150 in the London, Liverpool and Globe. Donnelly's stock was insured in the Imperial for £40. None of the others were insured. Moat of the stock was saved.

Carmody's Central Hotel, adjoining, was slightly damaged. The insurances on this building are : £800 in the New Zealand office, stock £150, and furniture £450, in the North German.

The Pollard Juvenile Opera Company, playing a season here, lost part of their wardrobe, scenery, etc., on which there was no insurance.

A fire broke out at three o'clock on March 2 at the corner of Vincent und Cook Streets, in a dwelling owned by Mrs. Whewell, and occupied by Miss Christie, dressmaker. The house adjoining, also owned by Mrs. Whewell, was partly damaged. Very little of Miss Christie's furniture was saved. It was insured for £250 in the National, while the building was insured by the owner, Mrs. Whewell, for £275 in the New Zealand.

About ten o'clock on March 9 a fire broke out in a shop in Christehurch, owned by John Cameron, and occupied by F. A. Cooke, grocer, and Munson and Co., crockery and fancy goods dealers. The fire had obtained a good hold before the arrival of the brigade, and extensive damage was done, though the amount has not yet been asceroained. The following are the insurances so far as yet learned :— Cooke's stock, Albion £500; Norwich Union, £300; Commercial Union, £200 ; Manchester, £450: total, £1450. Munson and Co., United, £250; Phoenix, £250. Shortly after one o'clock on Thursday, February 28, an alarm of fire was given, and presently a large volume of smoke and flame arose near the foot of Nelson street. The fire proved to have originated in the fine residence of Captain Amodeo, of the Northern Steamship Company. The fire was not suppressed till the building was gutted, but it was confined to it; and the adjoining house, also belonging to Captain Amodeo, was saved, though simply a few feet distant. A portion of the furniture was gob out. The damage will amount to several hundred pounds. Capt. Amodeo had recently spent close upon £1000 in extensions and improvements. The building was insured in the South British for £525, and the furniture for £400. The loss, however, will only be partial. News has been received that a dwelling and store occupied by T. Gamble, at Southbridge, were burned down early on March 8. The origin of the fire is unknown. The insurance amounts to £1000.