FIRE AT GREYMOUTH

Otago Daily Times, Issue 12043, 15 May 1901, Page 5

FIRE AT GREYMOUTH

(I'f.i: United I'iikss Assooiatiok.) CUEYMOI'TH, May M. A five broke (Hit at .Mitcu's Hotel on Uiehsnond quay this morning at 3 o'clock, ;uul ti;ul nl>!:ancd a great I:okl when it waa ilifvavpi-til. Tin; plans was in an immense bl-.izc before tin' brigade got to work, and when timy had the tirt* woll under command tli.? ttnnii (ire rutins broke down, It was then blowing a strong tr,'c»7.c, and the li.-mc! again got the nir.itery, ami spread to Flaherty's boarding-house. which is practically 11 wreck. On tlif other side of the. Hiuiy it caught and completely doslroyed Hildcbrand's dwelling, butcher's slioj),. and ni!ins and 'firming c-tablißhment. It next spread. to the lmocrial Hotel, and completely destroyed the upper storey, and ttio hold itro!f is nn utter wreck. Ashton's Hotel and ultarhmenls ivero burned to the ground. The estimated damage is abont £10.000. The in-iirancss have not yet beta ascertained. largo stores and tho I'lia»iii\ Fire office-- liiid a narrow escape, ami suffered considerable loss through the hasty removal nf the stock, books, etc. V.'licn the fir? engine hroko down tlio engine from the steamer Rosamond came to the rescue. (From Out: Owv CoßnvseoxnnNt.) (jKEYMOVTIT, May It. A man is mining since la-t right, and it is (eared that lie met his death in the Richmond quay fire. The lire would have linen confined to Asli(on's Family Hotel had not tho steam tire engine broken down at a critical moment. The Imperial Hotel is sr. much damaged that. it. will have to bo pulled down. The K.tal damage i-f intimated at £11.000, and the tula! insura'ic.' £.1720, principally in the South British. New Zealand. and Imperial offices, hut these are reinsured in other ollicu to a great extent.