FIRES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 801, 26 April 1910, Page 4

FIRES.

OUTBREAK AT NEW PLYMOUTH. . \(By Teleßrapn-Press Association.)-! ,-'-.,; "'>'■> ■:■■■ New. Plymouth,.April 25. '- A l -fire-broke out about 11.30"on Satur- ./ day night in Mr. Deare'6 boot-shbp, in a --'■-• block-recently purchased by Messrs. Hal-' lenstein Bros., right in the centre of the town., A high wind was blowing, -. ' and the fire, bbtained. a good hold, but ' was; suppressed- in' twenty minutes. Messrs, Hallenstein Bros.' insurances are .£2IOO on the building and .£ISOO on the stock in various offices;.' Mr. Deare's ' stock is insured for ,£I3OO. Messrs. Reynolds's and Co., bicycle dealers, for jEIOOO, and-the New Plymouth Club's furniture upstairs- for .£825. : Mr. Deare's estimate --- of his loss is between <£1000 and ,£I3OO. The club's loss is about ,£SO. :Jle*srs. Reynolds's and Hallensteins* stocks Were damaged. by water, but no estimate has yet .been formed, though the damage is probably, heavy.',-The damage to the ' buildings will be covered by £200 or, £800. . .' ,MINE,MACHINERY DAMAGED. V-; .' Dunedln, April 25. The Balolutha correspondent of th« "Evening Star" 6tates that a serious fire 'ocourred in the engine room-at the Kaitangata mine early 1 this morning, the ,; air compressors and ' other machinery being seriously damaged. It is .estimated that the repairs will cost several' thousand pounds. There was little interruption of work, the afternoon shift ,gping on as ; usual. ''~.'''■ ...'■ FIRE ON A 'FARM/;-; '"•' 'C, '''■'.' New Plymouth, April 25. ' ; On Friday a farmer named Hender-;; .'' son, of Albert Road, lost a cowshed, trap,-', .. and shed and 25 tons of hay by.a.fire.-, There was an insurance policy for £100 in the State .office. : U, ; . . ■ ,';'■■'-.' At 12-15' a.m.,. the' Fire, Brigade was summoned to ,Cornhill Street, where an . • outbreak of fire had occurred in a rub- - bish box. The sidewall and a portion of tne.roof of the adjacent building were'-, damaged. • ■'■',-■ Another rubbish-box at the.-rear .at ; Brown's,.the tobacconist, in Manners was observed io be-.alight, about 12.30! a.'ro. : The inoipient conflagration -was promptly extinguished .by: the bri- ■.' igade. ; ■ . .■'-.'; ■ [The Minimax Hand Fire Extinguisher '.-. is simple, effective, economical, and dup- . able. A. T. Bate, Nathan's Buildjhgv .''•', Wellington, is the. agent.]—Advt.