BIG FIRE AT INVERCARGILL
ESTIMATED LOSS .£75,000. Invercargill, November 20. Tho most destructive Are that has occurred for many years broke out in the Na'.lonal Mortgage Company's premises in tho Crescent Block shortly after S o'clock this morning. When the brigado arrived the place was a soothing mass of flames, and tho two-storied brick premises wero completely gutted, and nothing was saved. Flames broke into tho udioining four-storied building of the Now Zealand Loan nJid Mercantile Company, the main .portion of which vras destroyed with itfe valuable content*. Only part of the front offices remained intacil It is estimated that it will cost over .£20,000 to reinstate the National Mortgage Company's buildings. The canton's were valued at between .£15,000 and .£20.000. The Loan Company's building' contained 850 hales of wool belonging to the Imperial GovemmeiU, besides a large quantity stored for clients. Valuable plant, a large quantity of seed, oats, manures, and general mcrchandiso wero totally destroyed. The nggregato joss will probably reach Tho insurances are not available.
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 49, 22 November 1920, Page 4
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168BIG FIRE AT INVERCARGILL Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 49, 22 November 1920, Page 4
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