Another Great Fire in Auckland

Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 30, 25 August 1887, Page 2

Another Great Fire in Auckland

. ' [Ms: UKITBD PHBSB ABSbct4TION.I : • i ,' :* ' Avck f Li»^'JPhiß Day, A great fire on Eden Terrace this morning, causing aloss of over £6000, broke out at~12:30 in a small house cfecupied by : TreveUynv near fife Biding School; and fanned bya S.£Ligale extended and spread across 4he street, destroying Saudall's and HilPe two storey blocks. The-fire next; spread tpi the adjoining »ide .streets* rand before being checked, twenty, buildings and six shops were burned down. The .flames,r^e4' fiercely, jfor over two hours, and swept an area of four acres sa^are. iP«^ich r jwob4en;. biddings were closely bttilt^ .^urjanqesßO far as can beascertairied^Hill's- block, £1800, ;{ Eoyai; Hillfecjremist stock, ±.300, Royal jjurniture, £80, South Britjsh; Patterson's cottages, £550, divided betw^n^Ebyali^ew^Zealand, Sdu'thßritish. Host of the furniture was uninsured. The machinery at the Eiding School was insured . for £18P in the Norwbhj. JJnioj^ No water supply .was in the districtj and the Salvage Corps,, and ; aj detachment from H.M.Q. opal did good serrice m checking the. . fire.; - Two shops in H^ll?s jblock wer© unoccupied. Three attempts have been made to cause incendiary fires in thai block on previous occasions/ \A movement was on foot to have' a water suppiy'for^tiie district, a loan having, been authorised 'wine.tinieaigo;'- ir >-- ; '- r ~