DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT WELLINGTON.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 3488, 16 June 1879, Page 3

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT WELLINGTON.

rn _?•'«••»(' ■.vinti. ., ■jkhmwuS \fIPEGIALh\ ajuM-ivii W - , ~„_—WKLLINGTONrJmnrKr- ■ A fiarful" ! Br# -bfeKi M^ &f& -'-jp,m,. J t^ij.eVepfng ln.thißJ .Imperial^fjpe^ilpuse. ' V7ii^n"iilie ."buffdwgr 'was.'-' entered,'-itwae-found thafc ib " li&d;. - ? oriTOiated in the dome of the audlioril3£ , T TMre is no clue as .. Hii. .' '*•'?,'[ li-^lf I" -" J ,i'>V!JC ili.:*.H{jr , , tblthe_jcauHe. The-ilamea- quickly~gained : jomplete inßwtfery r bf ?ffi(^Hsild.(ng^ J -^n$ J ex- ; ibridwi tfapidly Bide* of 'the' strept. Inpildfngß"" upi . to" the f,^ew rv Zealander pnd4,cmxJbhejj>.theitueid6 r .lof ;ihe.iitree£'.kre completely destroyed, L: -.'-In Manner's street -the j prapery shop, andJSmney'e Jtoyal OakHotel Uro gyM^nM^mMM^ZTUo'S^^ [Head Hotel^/jot 4helcbrnei of 1 Dikon street, aai(n^t*^ed,i» atfd'C'Bevef al* -Small" Bdildirigs' Jorii«'the^Bthsif ''sid^ l -eiiba jf Btreefc^v^ith Pijporpolfttio^^ Smh'i-.Td UArAlßhußbHti siV&Mroughthe heroic exortions^-'ih6']Krp,Brigades r and WMteSh^'d^gr^cet^^atid: " largo '" lodging- j houses-adjoining— thougb--Bevoral"times~ on firOj^'eeebjg l^kplyia tf>i phf£t saved. •The loss, pf property" ju estteiated at^ipO-flOOri jFSi^tttdlr^ ifig|jw'oj^d,lmye,/B^ept /away « halt: . the town. JFu v ly- : 40^euefflBHtrw»'^csl*oyo"d,'and"tFe^ insuranco list, wHiBU-ii' ! at^regent incomplete,. jha^reaehed the/una ..of £30,000. r The Opera'< Eiusp wasxinaured; for: : £6BoO.i:';. Messrs a'cocks and \ffaymanj : who were playing ii e, 1 Have suffered considerable 1 " less, and; a quantity' bf Miss 'Beatrice's jewellery has been burnt*. Arrangements have already been made for them to open in the Theatro Royal to-moifpw night.. „....., I Rumours are current that at least one firoman lost his lifo when the Opera House fell, but nothing definite is yet known. No reports of any loss of .life, have- been, made to pe police. Z- p Z..- ; -