Large Fire in Wellington.
•:..-. (UNITJSD PRBSS ASSSOOIATION.) " : ; . /Wellington, Friday. : The premises known as the " Empire Buildings,"- in WiUis-street, were destroyed by fire this morning. The business 'premises vfr.ere /those of Dempsey , . > tailor; Elliott,'^ bootmaker, -arid Hajtl,; ■ hatter, Deinpsej's stock is destroyed, Elliott's seriously ' damaged by water,-.* ■ HiH's- was mostly removed. The "Em■pire Hotel/ adjacent, had a very narrowescape. It is thought the fire miist hava:originated in a back room, at I)einpsey's "where a light may haye been left' bui;iii' ihg. THe-full ambant of the insurances' c are not yet known. The -buildings w^rq. insured ior. £2250, Elliott'* stock' for.-Y-£i6o6j--. : ■-"■• : - ? —. ■■ •■■'' ; :- r:;: ! 1-.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1452, 11 September 1885, Page 3
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101Large Fire in Wellington. Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1452, 11 September 1885, Page 3
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