FIRES.
9 (rRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) W'ANGANUI, February 22. The corrected list of insurances on Foster's Hotel is as follows: —Building £4500 in the London and Lancashire office, £1350 in the Liverpool, London and Globe office; stock aud furniture, £220 m the London and Lancashiro office, £1700 in the Phoenix office, £150 in the Liverpool, London, and Globo office, £1000 in tho. Union office: grand total, £9950. Messrs Ross and Glendining had a policy on the stock for £3000 in the State office, and ono for £1000 in the New Zealand office. Another firo occurred this morning in Willis's printing and bookselling establishment, the machine and composing room being gutted. The building is situated just at the rear of Foster's Hotel, and it is surmised that a snark from the hotel fire caused the outbreak. The stock ivas insured for £3500, tho policies being spread over thirteen offices. The printing plant was greatly damaged. City Fire Brigade received a call shortly before midnight last night from the box at the corner of Heroforcl and Montreal stroots. Tho alarm, however, proved to bo a false one
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16144, 23 February 1918, Page 8
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184FIRES. Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16144, 23 February 1918, Page 8
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