A DISASTROUS FIRE
(By Telegraph—Per Press Association.!
DANNKVIRKE. April 9
,Y lire occurred shortly before one o’clock this morning in the wooden premises in the centre of the business area known as .the Cosmopolitan Buildings, owned by Leo Stein and occupied by several tenants. Ihe structure was badly gutted at the back and the loss to the occupants of the premises on the ground floor by smoke and water is estimated to run into a substantial figure.
The fire apparently started downstairs and the flames ran up to the roof, the brigade being occupied fo>' the best part of 'an hour before it was under control. Fortunately the night was calm, otherwise it would have been a disastrous conflagration. The occupants affected and insurances are:—
Aliss Dillon (milliner’!. stock and fittings £227 in State Office. A. Hannah (ladies outfitters), stock £SOO in South British. R. L. Bartleet (boot importer), stuck £3OO in South British, £950 in State and £250 in State on furniture and effects. The damage is mostly due to smoke and water.
A. Hendry and Co: (confectioner), South British, £550. W. Chick (dentist), fittings, Norwich Union £2OO, and Alliance £2OO. George Peters (tobacconist and hairdreser), Royal Exchange, amount unknown.
Watson and Sinclair (drapers), in whose premises the outbreak is presumed to have originated, stock £llOO, Royal Exchange.
Miss McPhail (dressmaker), no insurance. The building was insured m the Alliance for £4400 and in New Zealand Office for £I6OO and plate glass in New Zealand for £l5O,
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Hokitika Guardian, 9 April 1930, Page 5
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