FIRES

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 183, 28 April 1908, Page 4

FIRES

BLOCK OF BUILDINGS DESTROYED. ; ' (DI rEI.EGttAPII.—PRfiSS ASSOCIATION.) " '"'•■/ ... Ashbyrton, April 27. . A fire Commenced ,' shortly after three .o'clock this: morning .in-a -' of: buildings Mr, Edwin Thomas ) : :' , aiid\' occupied ,by . Mr.- G. Bundy, : r,-^ak6r;'-._M < rsf i Fussel.lj-:'b()Brdhig-houso '.keeper ;'3aiicl^^,;Messrs.^Mo.rriß;-Bros^, r.''fishmongers. ,v Mrs.;' russell's.ipdrtibri-'was wooden, tho redt • b'eirig of 'brick. /'■: Tli'b 'fire is sup-, posed to'have started upstairs, in'the. brick' portion of thejbparding-hous'e, the inriiates of which barely, escaped; in . their .' night 1 : apparel Nothing was, saved from 'Mrs.] Eussell's,but Mr. Bundy managed ■to '.'save, a • piano ' and' other articles ;■ of . furniture? and 'effects.... The efforts of I tho fire brigade .were concentrated on saving tho premises, of Messrs. Morris Bros, j (produce merchants, - and tliev eventually succeeded in- doing this. '' Tho boardinghouse'.- "was. • 'completely ' destroyed, and Bundy's badly]gutted. • ~The..insurances;, wero , £300. •-; on . Bundv's" premises';/£2oQi] on Morris's, and £350 on the all in tho Norwich Union office.}k;.The owner,:; Mr.'. lost' inor(j;,tliari : |:£soojqwf.,'andfab6ve'. : :tho total.'-. .Mrs.-,' Eussell: had I £75 -on her iurmturo. in the Norwich; and '£75 iii'tho, London, Liverpool] and Globo offico.,. .'The contents of Morris' not insured, and! they.estimato'vthfeir l 'lpss.at..£3o. Buhdy had ;a ;ppiicy ;.6]f?• £1,60 /fiirniturein ; tho Nitioitfl pipmas' Bros';;- who es- : ]tKB -building ■, and. stock were 'insured in : tho Sun .office.'for.. £200. ' "._• '•_ / _ • The,"police are maltinig inquirios-'regarding !'th;o :, fiie,' seeing ttat'; several minor outoroa¥a'.have occurred, in' the 1 boarding-house during'the past'itwelve month?,: and also on account 1 of' numerous fires' s . in: ; theVborough 'during the last throejor.iour]mbnths. -(;' ! !.:■■' ''AtIt'KLAND 'OUTBItfeAES. ' I■ ■ ■ "Auckland, April 27. . ! A fire at Mr. Robert Parrellls; bakery, Onohunga, caused damage amounting to £1500. 'rbero was no 'insurance. ' - A fire occurred' last night .'at a boardinghouso. in; Hardinge Street, owned by Mr. 61ewgn, : and occupied by.'Mr;: Sykes. The building was gutted, and the .confents destroyed. • Many of the boarders had to leave jn, their night-robes. The building' and furniture were , insured j - but the loss nn the furniture and * hoarders' effects-is' estimated at from £200 to £300. '