FIRE AT INVERCARGILL.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 11494, 29 January 1903, Page 6

FIRE AT INVERCARGILL.

(PRESS ASSOCIATION" TEI.EGBAM.) 1 JNVEROARmLL, Januaiy 28Dfpchkn's Hnt.fl, occupied by Horace Ba.stiiigs, one of th<> 1,-trgost in lnverca-rgill, was partially destroyed by fno at,.., three o'clock, tj)is inornrng. The fire was di<»--covokxl by n. boarder in an unoocupied bedroom, which was ablaze when li« opened tho door. The a'.ajm was promptly given, and the in.ma.le« made a hasty exit, most of thorn losing peisonal effect's, and some crerylhing. Owijig to tho splendid force of water, t!i9 Brigade confined the fire to the rnxMirijitfH in which it originated, and saved tho bark portion of the hotel, but the front is completely gutted. The origin ie h myfUry. The insuivmces total £5700, but the details are not asoerta-inable. The insurances on Dewhler's building are:—Royal. South British, North German, and Commercial Union Companies, £•1000 each. Stock, New Zealand Company, £200. Furniture. New Zealand, Norwich Union, and Commercial Union, £500 each. The private effects of the boarders were insured for £350 in the South British. The total insurances are £6050, but the loss will probably exceed i that amount.-