DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT INTERCARGILL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2293, 26 January 1882, Page 6

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT INTERCARGILL.

OVER £25,000 WORTH OF PItOPHRTY

DE3l'UOi'El>,

(Pbess Association Tklkgraji.)

iNVJiKCABGILL, Jan. 4.

A tremendous cor flagration occurred hrre thit oveninp, reeuliing m the destruction of a large amount o r valuable property. It origi tinted, it is believed, m a shop on the western j tide of Deo slivct, occup ; ed by Jlra Rannab, und rapidly spread to the adjoining build ings. For some time the rxL'ntive ware hou«e at Iho corner of Dee and Bpey street? m< m imminent danger, but thanks to the almost. s>up?rhuman ex.-rli;ma of the Kire Brigaf'e and others, i's destruction was avcrtsd. The warehouse ia now the property of \Y. Paisley and Ci>., and was formerly occupied by Uuthrieaml Lnrnach nnd Company. The windows, Dl'liouch two chains distant from the. burning building, were nearly all broken by the heat, nnd con 'id-Table dnmiige must havo been dune to the sock. The building was on fire several tirae?. Otht-r biiildinga on the fame tile of the street had n nirrow escape. The fire broke out nt tin o'clock, and at midn'glit, when iheTeleur.iph OlHcc closed, the follow m;; buildings had h?en destroyed :— The City Butohory (occupied by F. Campbell), Mrs ITnnuah'a gro.'ery elore, the Hibcrniui) Jlot>l, Mr D. Roche's grocry nnd wine and spirit elore, an tinoccuincd building known a3 the K<d I, ion Hotel, McLiikev's Wootjhop, Hannah's Tempi" <<l boience, W. Urovrn's drapery store, and Cooper's jrfwelliT 1 * shop. Cooper nnd Brown oc-npud a porlion of Hannah's building. At midnight the fire was still raging with un.ibated fury, and m order to sivo tho remainder of thi> blook rtrcnuoua efforts were being made to f,u'l down tho shops occupied by J. lingers (tailor), \V. l'dterion (bontinaker), and A Rirsido (pastry, cojk). It ia hoped that by having adopted this plan tho white Swim Hot?l will bo saved and thfi buildings to tho norihward of it, also. The Brigade worked wcH but. were lmnperel by th<) scarcity of water. Gr.ut excitement prevaih-d nnd stilt prcruils. Tho lcei must bf something enonnou", at n rough guees over £25,(100. The iiisurnnccs fall far short of Ilii", but tho uuiuuuts are not obtainable (o night. Inyi'.ucauqill, Jan. 5. By 1.30 a.m. the firo was got un-!cr euOi-eii-ritly lo ensuro the safety of tho White Sunn Hotel, which wns several times m imminent danger. Thn wooden buildings between it and Hunan's Temple of Sci.ncc weie chared to a lai^c extent of their contents a-.il partly tl.-moli»lio.» b.fore tho n-nne.---crorfL-l the roof of the Temple, a substantial brick structure. Tho insurances were: — North Briiish £1400 (portion of which is reinmrrd) ; distributed us follows : — £1000 on Kooho's clock, and £400 on Hunan* Temple of Scienej Hansealic, £150 on Rogors 1 »t.;ick ; Transatlantic, £300 on Hih.rnian H.jtel ; Colonial, £7CO on stock and furniture of Hibf-rnian, £800 on Kochc's •took, £1000 on the Templo of Science, and £160 on Kaeside'a buildin?, total £2150; Northern, £150 on Raesidt-'s shop ; Jyiverpool and London and Globe, £200 on Hibem'ao, £100 on CampbellV butchery, and £800 on Mrs Wilnnn'e stock and building ; New Z-aland, £1000 oi Hocho's budding and stock, £3 Oon Unimn'* flock, and £500 on Brown"« (tlrapcr) slock j total £1800, of which £300 i« reinsured m Iho Colonial | South British, £150 on Roeho's building. Total insurances, to far at ii knowD, £7200.