FIRES.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19957, 18 June 1930, Page 13

FIRES.

OUTBREAK IN HIGH STRIfEt* little DAMAGE " ■ r ' 's^ ■: # . - .-J•• •. " yy : y-' - Fire broke out-at abouir;B}Bb-f. - yesterday in Messrs Simpson' and 'Williams's building in High' street',' inig jin; a wooden box-of rllbbiskoii-tifo"" first.floor,' which is" by riuffibor of tenants.' Most dataagp done on this floor, although -the .boojk- ' shop suffered. to a; slight, eifcen&; "Vv / The fiio spread from'the bar ' fittings, and Also broke thrOufeh-ithe" f100r,.. appearing in tho 'ceUmg 'tJii: >, * bookshop. Debris falling through injicr Messrs' Simpson -and - was the cause of the ■damag<i,Kt'h'd«i,, t \ although the workrooms -of 'Mlßa'Ru-by „ Williams, a sufficed from the fire. The damage hofr property Was to- the**cfxtenfc o£.ab?®fc £7f while the insurance 'was £l5O/;• > j The Fire Brigade was qnickljr on?-flier „* sceno. and sobnhad the.'fire well' 1 hand. -As the nearest fire -plug fscas-:, | oathe opposite side of, the ;road, traffic - was held, up for a diprt'tima-Tby; the Hoses that crossed th® ,road. <*„ The on the bmlding tc4ttl&-*■' £9OOO, aiyion Sitopsoq.- and vWpjMW!B ; stock £6500, held under . Beveral companies. : Only was done by-water,* in the fire broke throughithe^jottf. - . Tho -list ;of-firMi Wftlch; X at t New- Brighton . J it , tcrday mornlngjWhen'at . Maori Tearooms,; »jt.the view 'road and -the totally, destroyed.' Volunteer Fire Brigade >we*a;uiiaV«ifl^t * j; and theestablishmentj-wjiieh ~ of a tearoom, ■ confectioner > four/E-dng-rodms,' ' .w&j ."coajjiefjjly .' >- '}■ burned. > . • ••* .• >. r .w."-* i The additions being*made,vand the oonteits., . k included some expensive, and~ : fittings, none tof v wiichi was^ifc&/3|<fcr, r J. ' ,of ' J Chrißtchurch, ownef/wsd iW " - premises were leased' by jJJ. ?15$8t, whoiisafc present in -the , The canae;vof •(■the'fite -is Mrs who conducted- tb,^bwssSßS ! •. in\ the absence - o£->: - \ that left-the-building'at f - > The buHdixig was t Guardian - o|sce., f or ; £7oo,;aadi^Se t T W'^\ tenttf for f I^0 r