Fire at Wellington
Shortly before 8 o'clock last uight the Brandon street firebell rang out an alarm of fire, and it was very soon ascertained that the upper portion of the New Zealand Insurance Company's building, on the corner of Lambton quay and Grey street, was on fire. The flames broke out once under the eaves of the roof facing the harbor, but no sooner was the water directed to this part of the building than the fire went out as if by magic. Mr Simpson estimates the dam ge done to his office at £500. The following is a list of the insurances : — North British, LSOO ; South British, L500 ; Colonial, L500 ; London and Globe, LSOO ; Norwich Union, L750 ; Imperial, L750; total, L3,500.— Today's N. Z. Times.
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Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 112, 29 March 1887, Page 3
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127Fire at Wellington Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 112, 29 March 1887, Page 3
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