FIRE AT INVERCARGILL.
AGGREGATE LOSS AHOCT £75,000.
Invereargijl, This' Gay. The most dest motive lire Hml Ims oecurred for m:my years broke out in I lie Xntional 'Mortgage Company’s premises in Hie . Creseent Clock shortly at'ler il o'clock Ibis morning, When (he brigade arrived (lie plane was a seething mass of Ham--es, and Ihe I wo-si oreyed brick pre - mises were completely pulled and nothing was saved. I''lames broke in I o I lie adjoining four-storeyed building id' Ibe New Zealand Loan and Mereanl ile Company, Ihe main portion of which was destroyed with ils valuable contents. Only part o!' the -front offices remained intact. ](. is estinnrled Hurt it will cost over £2(1,000 to reinstate the Xalional .More-ape Company's buildings, The contents were valued at be--I ween £15,000 and. £20,000. The Loan Company's building contained 850 bales of wool .belonging to the Imperial Government, besides a large quantity stored for clients. Valuable plant, a largo quantity of
seed, oil(s, immure--, and general merchandise were totally destroyed. The aggregate loss will probably reach £75,000.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2206, 23 November 1920, Page 3
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173FIRE AT INVERCARGILL. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2206, 23 November 1920, Page 3
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