FIRE IN WELLINGTON.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13862, 27 March 1907, Page 2

FIRE IN WELLINGTON.

Till!EE-STOREY BUILDING DESTKOi'ED. (Per United Press Association) WELLINGTON, March 26. A fuo biokc out 111 a thiee-storev wooden building in the centre of llic city this morning, occupied by Messrs Field, Luckie, and 'l'oogood, lawyers, and other tenants. Tho Inewas eonlined to tlio building, which ! was piiictifdlly gutted. Owing to tho, break 111 tlio Wainuiomata water main, which has not yet been lcpaired. the water picssure 'it fust was not veiy stiong', but when tlio stium pitmpme; engine got to woik tho IKunos wore quickly extinguished FoitunaWy there was 110 wind, or a woo-lcn block ot buildings adjonim? would probably lia\o gone. Tins is the liist lire bince the bieak in tho water fen ice. The building was owned bv the trustee* in tho estate ot tho late W. A. I'itzhcibeit, and was occupied by the following tenants: Johnston and Buinb. indent agents, insured for £50 in tlio Noilhcm office; Hains and Bastin, niacin nei.v impoiters, insured for £50 in the Northern oflice; Field, Luckie. and Toogood. tawyeis, msuiance £100 111 tho New Zealand office; C. A. MaeDonald (Hercules Mnehino Company), £25 in tho New Zealand office; A. V. Clarke, accountant, insurance £10 in tho Yictoiia office; Ct. F. Wilson, insurance agent, insurance £100 in the Noith Biitish. In addition to tho alwvo theic wero tho following uninsniod tenants:—TloUMnp, bairister; Pap and Anderson, builders; Woolf and Co., m.umfartuieis; also tlio following, about i.hom tlnj insuiance is uiiceitain:—\V. G. HuUlnson, commission agent; Hohoit F. Smith, banister; J. Kingdon. ageni. The, total insurance on the budding, fixtures,' and lonts was £2600 in tho Noithaui, which has been leinnued. Tlio lire made it clear that if an outbreak oeonried any distance from whoio water could Ixj pumped fioni tho harbour it voukl be ne\t to impossible to stop it, if it got a good hold, by means of the present water supply. Tho pipe bridge at the Ilutt, however, was rcpaiicd this mnnnng. and the laving of the pipes will I bo put in hand al once, to that the main water supply fioni tho Wainuiomata is expeitod to be available befoio the end of j the week. I