FIRES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2154, 21 May 1914, Page 5

FIRES.

PRIVATE HOTEL DESTROYED. {By 'folosra.p'h,--Jtyess AssdcfaUonJ Gliristehurch, Mav 20. The Glasgow CfiiFee Palace Private Hotel iii Jlanehester Street. was destroyed by fire early' this evening. It was a two-storied building of fourteen rooms, the first floor lutd the ground floor being usetl. as a restattraiifc. The fife originated near the bathroom alid wheai the brigade, arrived the 1 flames had gained a solid hold on the wooden framework. Tho bkzo was ex'tiiigawshcd very : promptly, but the building was practic- ■ ■ally, gutted. Tire fttrnitmio and fittings ■we're insured for £250 in the Norwich ■Union Office. The tenant estimates his loss at, £100. MOTOR-CAR. BLR NED AT PHONE Early yesterday mornine, when a ' horso power mofor.-ear iVa.s being driven j from Lower llutt 'to Pctono, the petrol ; rail short and the car stopped jn Udv Street, Pctone, Wfiijo the tank was being refilled the funics from thb petrel ; became ignited bv same Means, niid the ear suddenly burst .into flames.. It. was totally destroyed. f Tho Fqtfjiie .Fire Brigade prowptly turned out, but ii; wrfs then too Into ftr ■reijdet' assistance. The ear, which was not insured, was owi'tad by fo-uflg's Areogfeut' Garage, Wollingtbh.; BLAZE NEAR A MAG VZIN'E Auckland, May 20A s.ix-room?d house I>ctan©itg'to ■tho Government. and occupied by . Captain Mieklp. Officer in Charge of the Permanent Artillery (Auckland DivisionV iviis completely _ destroyed by lire at North: Head to-night, ' All the content? wine practically destroyed.

Tlsi? ftmiitaire was insmvd in t'lio Com. mereial Union Offico ftii- £-2.®., aid; '-'tie loss is estimated iit £4.00, Wliet'lmr' tiiis lions'/ is insured by the Govcrtjroojifr or net is uncertain." Tim duelling was valued fli £(50.0. • The bviitctmg whs within oho hundred .vards of Iho main mfiiiawno of the lofts! This created alarm in the. noinhhcmrhoo<), and_ a gaite of artillerymen was employed in coverffig the rent ilatorp of tho magazine and nro-voiitiiig the ingro-ss of any ••paries, Captain JlicWe states tint the eoidito stored in the magazine was in such form that .!h'K' was no cfanso.r.