Serious Fire at Petone.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XVIII, Issue 1744, 9 October 1885, Page 2

Serious Fire at Petone.

portion of i'j;k guar company's WORKS BURNT DOWN. Between 3 ami 1 o'clock on Wednesday morning the Gear .Meat Pioeiviug Company's works at Retime w.ivujsvWv »•••* to ueiti 11 lines. The flames Im-t gan.of a complete hold of the boiling uuwu mm laimw che-m, ana Urn bonedust siu-ds, bill wiiu great , Miliums the conflagration was lima spreading to tie daughter-house, which stand* several feet distant tioin tiie older ntu-uit, though it was considerably scorched. An acet-teni occurred to the Water supply, and om-oiu.-ol v ino.-O engaged iu endeavouring to no mo Ui fl .tines were working agaust gieal odds. An liio men employed in connection with the work* reside close at hand,ana they at one- hnnud out to render wnat assistance tm-y could. At the time of the lac there was a huge quantity <d tallow lo lac shed, about do cum.s " heaneu up." and five additional tons in the vats undergoing the process of uoinug down, d'he boihng-uown house and nouu-duxt sued were completely destroyed, and altogether the damages are estimated at over jL'iMK). The value of the stock was somewhat iu excess ol the amount insured, due total msura .tea on the whole of the works leach ddjOTU, but on the buildings, plant, and stock, winch the lire affected, insurances amount to nSoiiO, divided as foßowaColonial lucmaoce (buildings, plant, and stuck), JCPAK) ; A.aioual (diao), ihlfto ; South ilnlisli and plant), XSOO ; Victoria, We are glad (says the Evening Press) to ieern that the occurrence wm not have the effect ol stopping operations at me works. As already stated, the slaughtering yards have been 1. ft almost intact, and, wiiii reference to the boilingdown operations, the company have mane arrangements wliu tue Wellington Meat Co., to uee a portion of their establishment until the dear Co., are able to le-erecl their own sheds, which they anticipate will bo done in course ol a tew days.