FIRE IN WELLINGTON.
- By Telegraph—Press Association.. WELLINGTON, March 26. A fire broke out in a three-storey wooden building in the centre of the city this morning. The premises were occupied by Messrs Field, Luckie and Toogood, lawyers, and other tenants. The fire was confined to the building, which was practically gutted, owing to the break in the Wainui-o-mata water main, which is not yet repaired. The, water-pressure at first was not very strong, but when the steam pumping " engine got to work the flames were quickly extinguished. Fortunately, there was no wind, or the wooden block of buildings adjoining probably would have gone. This is;' the first fire that has ocurred since the break was caused in the water service. The outbreak' made it clear that if a fire occurred any distance from where water could be pumped from the harbour, it would be next to impossible, to stop it if it got a good hold, by means of the present water supply. The building was owned by the estate of the late W. A. Fitzherbert, and was occupied by the followingtenants :—Johnston and Burns, indent agents, insured for £SO in the Northern ; Harris and Bastin, machinery importers, insured for £SO in the Northern; Field, Luckie and Toogood, lawyers, £IOO in the New Zealand; C. A. Macdonald (Hercules Machine Company), £25. in the New Zealand; A. T. Clarke, acountant, £lO in the Victoria; G. F. Wilson, insurance agent, £IOO in the North British.
The following were uninsured:— Holdship, barrister; Page and Anderson, builders; Wolfr and Co., manufacturers.. The following are uncertain:— W. ! G. Hutchison, commission agent;. Robt. F.,Smith, barrister. The total insurance on the building, fixtures and rents, is £2,600 in' the Northern, which has re-insured. The pipe bridge at the Hutt was repaired this morning, and the laying of the pipes will be put in hand at once, so that the main water supply from Wainui-o-mata is expected to be available before the end of the week.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8388, 27 March 1907, Page 5
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