FIRES.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LX, Issue 143766, 15 April 1912, Page 3

FIRES.

OUTBREAK IN WELLINGTON. FIRE BRIGADE OFFICER KILLED. Per Press Association. , WELLINGTON, April 14. Shortly after five o’clock this morning a fire, attended with fatal consequences, broke out in a carpenter’s shop in Ellers Lane, .off Willis Street. • labile the fire brigade were at Work' 'onjdfche fire a ladder came in contact wfEh a high tension electric wire. The third officer, W. R. M'Lean, who was ascending the ladder, caught hold of the ironwork and was instantly electrocuted. Medical aid was secured at once, but the doctors coujd only say that death had been instantaneous. The carpenter’s shop was occupied by -Henry Manning, who had an insurance of £4OO on the" contents, in the Commercial Union Office. The building was the property of Dalziell and Grace, and was insured . with the Sim Company. A covered : stairwiy, communicating' with a room in "Manners Streetj earned the fire to a three-storeyed budding, which was badly damaged by fire and water. The second floor of the Manners Street building was a billiard room, occupied by Richard Alexander, the first floor by the Sanitarium Health Food i Company, and G. P. Hanna (signwriter), and the ground floor by Miss' Cooper (HoristY Walling (tobacconist), and Fred durriey (basketwara manufacturer). Tho ground and first floors were damaged by water only. LIST' OF INSURANCES. WELLINGTON, April 15, The old three-storeyed wooden' building in Manners Street which' was partly destroyed by fire yesterday was owned by Morgan Grace, and was’ insured in, the Sun Fire Office for £IOOO, and ih the Commercial Union; fqr,, a like amount. The contents were insured as follows:—Walling, hairdresser and tobacconist, £l5O in the Guardian Office, Gurney, basketmaker, £loo in. the Victorian Office; Miss Cooper, florist, £2OO in the Australian Alliance Office; and Manning, £4OO in the Commercial Union Office; the other tenants were uninsured. HSITAITAI HOUSE BURNED.' WELLINGTON, April 14. A fire broke out at 2.43 this morning in a general store occupied ,by Samuel Cope at Mexham Avenue, Haitaitai. The building and its contents ,wera burnt right out. The content® were insured for £loßo.' The owned by Mr. Moorshouse. ■ , -i - _ Later. The building at Hataitai in wllich Cope, storekeeper, carried on business was owned by W. H. S. Mdorehonse, and was insured in the Guardian Office for £IOSO, and the contents in the Standard Office for £IOBO.