THE AUCKLAND FIRE

Hokitika Guardian, 17 November 1924, Page 3

THE AUCKLAND FIRE

THE INSURANCES. [nr telegraph— rat ritEss association/ AUCKLAND. Nov. 17. An estimate of the losses at the Albert St. fire, shows Gtltlil'ie Ilowron and Cov. lost £27.000, Joint Dickenson Coy. £12,000, Cooke and Coy. £B,OOO. Stanley Xeweombe £SOOO, Hunter and Sons £I,OOO, Auckland Millinery Coy. £SOO, Edward Peso and Coy., G. A. Bond and Coy., N.Z. Textiles Ltd., all sevei'al thousands of pounds. The insurances on the building which is owned by Ilowron ailil Cov. are £IO.OOO in tic Northern Office. Guthrie and Bowron’s stock was insured for £IB.OOO in the Northern Office. Dickenson’s stock £7OOO in the Insurance Office of Australia.

Cooke Coy’s building was insured fo £BOOO and the stock and plant fo £SOO. distributed bet ween the Xoi Zealand Insurance Coy. and the Sent British City.

Stanley Neweotnhe’s stock was insured for £2,550 in the Sun Assurance Coy., Hunter and Sons £OOOO in the Victoria., the Auckland Millinery Stock £OOO in the South British.

At 11.15 a.m. the iron roof of Bowron’s building collapsed, which was followed by a portion of the north wall. Tons of brick and mortar fell thirty feet on to the roof of the smaller buildings and through to the Hour below. The firemen were just about to take a hose through to the upper windows win*" ‘ 'm wall crashed. A portion of the debris, also a machine weighing one ton and a-lialf. penetrated to ttie lirst and finally were deposited just outside of the olliee.