BIG FIRE IN GISBORNE

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2647, 18 December 1915, Page 12

BIG FIRE IN GISBORNE

1 . ——« BUSINESS BLOCK DESTROYED. ® (By Telegraph.—Press Association,; . Clsftorns, December 17. I, The most serious lire which has* oo * y curred in Uisborue for many years 1 broke out in the business area'shortly 6 after noon to-day, and as a result tho following linns' business premises were s practically destroyed;—Grundy and S'hennans, upholsterers; Guthrie and ?' Maddock, drapers; Graham and Alexander, tailors; and W. J. Sinclair, ' ,l fruiterer. In addition very great dara- ' age was done to J. 8,. Leydon's coach; h factory iii Bright Street, \V. li. Hol-.art-son's paint shop at the rear being tot:6 ally destroyed, while the Federal Cafe and . t. the Co-operative Meat Coy's premises :r were more or less damaged by s'mcke i- and water. At one time the Methodist a Church in Brkjiit Street appeared to be >. doomed, but a sudden change iu tlie '• gusty wind saved tlif- structure. Miss d " iNeill's drapery establisliiiiMit also ):ad a narrow escape.-. A moderate estimate of the damage ia . r . £15,000. The insurances: are as folc. low: Ardoyne brick buildings (owned j. by Andrews' Estate, Cliristcliurch), g £3300, in the Standard Offico; woodeu i. building (owned by T. M'liityre, of Ts s. Arai), £900, in New Zealand Office; 'j Leydon's paint shop, £50 in State ? Office;. Grundy and Sheunans' stock )' and plant, £2250 in Commercial Union Office, and £2250 in the Phoenix Office; l 6 W. j. Sinclair's stock, £150 in Ausii tralian Alliance Office; .Guthrie and Maddock's stock, £610 in the National c- Office, £500 iii the Yorkshire Office, c- and £450 in the Sun Office; W. StevenH son's furniture, £200 in the New Zea--3" land Offico; Graham and Alexander's n stock, £200 in Standard Office; J. B. Leydon's stock and plant, £450 in the State Office. ;s i __ a CEREBRO - MENINGITIS cannofe d develop if, in the primary stages of sick-. ,o ness, : Fluenzol is gargled and taken' internally. The' septic throat germs are thus sterilised and the fever microbes in i> the blood are eliminated. A major in n the N.Z. Defence Department writes:— "The low rate of sickness at Takapau j. Camp was largely due to the quantity of ' Fluenzol consumed by all ranks. 1 ' * n n Messrs. Dalgety and Co. are selling by ie auction at the Theatre Royal, Nelson, on n February 8, two. freehold farms,, both; is srtuatdcT ;in the Takaka district;