DISASTROUS FIRE IN WELLINGTON.
ESTIMATED DAMAGE -OVER £100i000.
A. WHOLE BLOCK oF BUILDINGS - DESTROYED. [PRR UNITED PEESS ASSOCIATION-. 1 Wellington, February 28. A nf'ost* 'disastrous fire occurred here - yesterday itaornine,; resulting, in the • total destruction of some ■of the. first buildings, in .Wellington.' The fire • broke out in H uxley V (tailor) prem isesj on Lauabton Quay, • and before the. Fire Brigade arrived had spread : to Leary and Campbell' s'auction mart. Tlae. water supply wast insufficient. The Fire Brigade (assisted by sailors ■- and marines of H. M.S. N©lso-n).y?orked : admirably.. The cause- of. thet origin r' of 'the fire is -a :mystery.v Tn'e.-build-iriga totally destiwyed are as follow :-r~ - J^ Huxley, tailor's 1 -shap .;• ; Leary and I Campbell, auction mart ; :Ba ! rraud and . Soosr, chemist's' shop ; ;T. Kennedy Mtiedonald and Co., auction mart (and . MfiguinityV wine and spirit cellar) ; ; Thompson, Shannon, and Co., soft gaodsr warehouse and factory. Those • weetked are-— Buckley,.- Stafford, ; and t Bfl>rfc6nfisolicitors' ofiices; and Clarke's bbatfdinghause. • J. Parker and' Co.'s • Warehouse was greatly . damaged. Edwards -and Green's premises were • greatly damaged, 4, a* were the roofj . wMdaws, aud .stock*: on .the top floor of 'Johnston's' bonded store. Tiw*-; aggregate ldsses were i stated i atit£:l 50,000, and'ithe Insurance .Corn--ponies -ati £78,000. It. ia estimated, ,- however,! that both; tare considerably over the mark;. The following Js -an . approxi«iate list* of the aggregate ■ policies held by .the various Insurance • Companies r-r-Na'tional, £1700; South British, £.3600 ;. Equitable, £3650; Colonial, £3000; ; Imperial,, £5500; ; Phcenix,\ £3300; .London- .and Lancashire, £5200 ; Union, £3000 ;■ .North German,. £4500; .Guardian,- £3000 ; ; Standard, -.£1500; North (British and, Mercantile} -. £3500 ; . New Zealand, . £2eoo'-,S^n, £lft00; .Liverpool, Lon-,^ don i and Globe,' £ 5000 c { , Victoria,.. £2400 ;■ Norwich lJnion,.£2ol)o ; :Nortliern,, £2500 ? . Eo'yal, £2500 ; Alan-. - Chester, £2500; ; total estimated .loss,-,---£62,850. •
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Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 99, 26 February 1887, Page 6 (Supplement)
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288DISASTROUS FIRE IN WELLINGTON. Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 99, 26 February 1887, Page 6 (Supplement)
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