Disastrous Fire in Wellington
ESTIMATED DAMAGE OVEB ; £150.000. >A WHOLE BLOCK c>F BUILDINGS ' v DESTROYED. '% |_PEE UNITED PKESS ASSOCIATION.! A most disastrous fire occurred here yesterday morning* resulting in the total destruction of some of the first buildings in Wellington. The. fiye , broie out iii Huxley's (tailor) premises, on Lambton Quay, and before jthe Fire Brigade arrived had spread ;to Leary and Campbell's auction mart. ■The,-Jwater supply was inßuffici«ri&. <The. Fire Brigade (assisted bysailtitß (arid marines of H.M.S. Nelson) worked, ; admirably. The cause of the origin lof the fire is a mystery.. The build---1 ings totally destroyed are as follow : — J. Huxley, tailor's shop ; Leary and I Campbell, auction mart; Barraudand ;Sons, chemist's shop ; T. Kennedy IMacdonald and Co., auction mart (and sMaginnity's wine and spirit cellar) ;- |Thdmpson,; Shannon, and Co., sofV • goods warehouse and factory. Those wrecked are— Buckley j Stafford, and jßarton, solicitors' offices ; and Clarke's iboardinghouse. J. Parker and Co.'s .'warehouse was greatly damaged. jEdwards and Green's, premises were igreatly damaged, as were the roof, windows,, and stock on the top floor * of Johnston's bonded store. Th«> ! aggregate losses were < stated af£lso,ooo, and the Insurance Coin--panics at £78,000. It ia estimated, however, that both are considerably over the mark. The following is an approximate list of the aggregate policies held by the various Insurance ) Companies : — Natioual, £1700 ; South British, £3600; Equitable,. £3650; '.- Colonial, £3000; Imperial, £5500; s Phoenix, £8300; London and Lancashire, £5200 ; Union, £3000 ; North German, £4500; Guardian, £3000 ; 1 Standard, £1500 ; North British and r Mercantile, £3500 ; New" Zealand, 1 £2600 ; Sun, £1900 ; Liverpool, London and Globe, £5000 ; Victoria, L £2400; Norwich. Union, ■ £2000 ; Northern, £2500 ; Eoyal, £2f op ;. Manchester, £2500 ; total estimated loss, £62,850. [The above was issued as an "Extra" , , yesterday afternoon.]
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Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 100, 1 March 1887, Page 2
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