THE FIRE IN OTAGO.

Auckland Star, Volume I, Issue 259, 7 November 1870, Page 2

THE FIRE IN OTAGO.

TiTE Timer- of the Ist inst. in its report of the fir<? sit Jago'sflas mills, concludes"as"follows :—The fire was thoroughly got under in about an hour, but the firemen were at work for a Inn? time ufterwards, The total loss is I about-. £5,000, the greater pnrt of which ieovered by insurance. As far as we have been abto -to ascertain, the following are the lo?ses t hut will' fall on the various insurance companies : — New Zealand.—Gkithrie and Asher sforo, fully insured, £4)0 ; Bntes, Sise & Co., flay, fully insured, £1035; "R. P. Hay, flour, fully insured, £vJ3S ,* ... ..'.£1670 Pacific 50i» Australian Alliance ... ... ... 500 I ondon and Lancashire ... ... 500 Victoria 060 Tot-.il £4.130 The property insured in the lust four compnni 9 bflomjred to Messrs. Bright Brothers and Co., Messrs. Georgo Gray Ku«Sfll and Co., and Messrs. M'Landress, Hepburn and Co. Tlie latter firm request us to state that the interest of all their constituents who hud flax in the store i* fully covered by their open • policies of insurance. Amongst the uninsured suifeivr.s by (ho fire are Messrs. Wright. .Si-ephenson, and Co., Jeffries and Co., and Ivoith Ramsay.