Big Fire at Wellington

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume V, Issue 1234, 26 January 1905, Page 3

Big Fire at Wellington

D.I 1 Consumed Loss of Large and Valuable Slock By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, this day. Thb D.1.0,, and extensive emporium ex. tending from' Panama street''through to Brandon-street, was completely destroy by fire this morninft. Nothing but tho brick walls remain. Messrs (i, Gaudin and W Fleming, two members of the New" Zealand Times'publishing siaff, discovered tho lire wden proceeding to work at 420 this morning. The fire then appeared to be about the oentrß of tho building on the top floor, «r.d though the brigndo were soon on the scene the flames rushed through the building aB it in a furnace, and in less than au hour and a-hulf the massive premises, along with a large and valuable slock, was amass ol ruins. Nothing Wis saved from the main building, but it is expected that somo por ion of the stick in the boot depot will bo snlved, though damaged by the wate. The company wero to opon their groat Bummer clearing sale to-day.

George and Kerdey's Economic drapery premises, whiob runs through from Lamb" ton Quay, and adjoins tho D.1,C., were once on fire and the stock will be badly damaged by water. OTHER BUILDINGS DAMAGED A southerly wind took tho flames across Brandou-stroot, and did much damage to the laoades of buildings, The fronts were burnt and blistered, and the glass destroyed The Tourists' Bureau and 'a portion of Kirkcaldie's drapery are the chief snf» ferers The buildings on each sido of the D.I.C. suffered considerably, Butler'B brick atore, occupied by George nnd Kerslny, and a suito of officers on the other side,,wero both on but werj savod, though damKged. Owing to the fact that tho bells soldom ring more than a few strokes, very few people were at the fire, and the news came as a great surprise as people made their way Into the town this morning, A REMARKABLE FEATCRE. In connection with the D.I.C, fire a remarkable feature was tho escape of the buildings in tho vioinity comprising a large number of old wooden buildings., Several of thoje repeatedly ca nglit alight but the efforts of the owners, assisted by the onlookers, avertml what probably would haye been the most destructive conllagation ever experienced in tho city. THE ECONOMIC It now appears that the damago at the premises of the Economic #ns much more extensive than at first anticipated. This firm (George and Kersley) state that thoy cirry a B>ook of drapery, pt<i', va'ued at betwoon £30,000 and £40,000: and they further stato that nearly the wholo of this was damaged by smoke nnd water, while a portion was oomplotely destroyed. They are not yet able to estimate their loss, THE ORIGIN The iiro appears to have originated in the tailoring department on the first floor, Tho tailors were working until eleven o'clock last night. Tho building was a larjje and rambling ono, iho different departments being separated by merely wooden partitions, Tho fire sprond rapidly, and tho brigade bad all their work cut out to prevent it spreading to tho adjoining premisos INSURANCES The insurances tctallnd £85.700, mads up as follows:—Slock £60.000; building, £21,500; fixtures, &I 800; plate-glass, £4OO, Mr Corrigan, manager, es'imates' that thii value of the stook is üboin £70,000 £30,000 oi tho insuranoe is hill at H ,m i

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