RETURNED SOLDIERS' LOSS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19029, 1 June 1936, Page 5

RETURNED SOLDIERS' LOSS

SERIOUS FIRE AT GORE THREE SHOPS GUTTED ~';.',, (Per Press Association.) .. ■ • GORE, this day. ,<*'• A two-storeyed building containing •-■the. Star Stores grocery, Mr. W. ■■'■ Christie's cycle shop, and Mrs. -M. -'lsabeth's mantle shop on the ground floor; ' and the rooms of the Gore Soldiers' Club On the second floor, was ■ gutted by fire?-' U The flist outbreak, the cause ." of ''■' which is unknown, occurred at about '''■ 10 6 »cloek '. last .night* and. gutted, Mrs. ,' : lsabeth's,3liop,;i;he rest of. tfie building being saved duo to the efficient • w.6rk> of the brigade. A second outbreak, the cause of.which is also un- ■ known, occurred at 2 a.m. to-day and had a strong hold by the time thebrigade ' arrived, and completely . wrecked / the building, which was • erected in .1.906. ■. ) . The building was owned by the Gore Proprietary Company and was in-sured-in the Queensland Company for £2500. ] The contents of each shop were ■' insured, Mr. .Christie' sr with the Yorkshire Office for £475, but the ' others ; are not ascertainable. The •Soldiers' Club contents were insured "in the New 'Zealand Company for " £650,; but the loss is a severe .one to . the club; as many implacable record*. war relics, historic photographs, etc.. r .' .were completely destroyed, as well as three billiard tables, upwards of 100 cues, arid the club library. The club steward.. and secretary of the Gore Soldiers' Association; Mr." G. - Gerken,. also suffered a severe Joss of . ; private stock. ....■',',''