WELLINGTON.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 50, 18 June 1879, Page 2

WELLINGTON.

[PROM. OTTR OWN OORBESPONDBNT*] « MjONDAY 'NIiSHT. : I presume my. telegraphic message of. to-. day has pretty well robbed thwe -tew lines. of'alCiriterest. I iriforinedvypn rthe.fire ie. supposed to have- bo?bken' out inlthe dome. of the Opera House, but up to the present' there is not the slightest cue to^the,cau3e. Notwithst'indin*} the fearful d<ftructipn oft prppefty, it was impossible not. to admire. the gvandeur of the. scene, especially, when; the heat of the flajnes" from 4;he Operai Hbuss i set the spire of v the Wesleyen | Church on fte; th* to"^^ ! ing and turning -found; the iteeplelike ie: many fiery snakes. Monte Browne,' th*I manager of -:. the - Qpera House, apd "»ph. ' '■ ! of the Chronicle, was indefatigable 'm hia 'efforts to saye tha theatauc^-; nropert^es, m • which he was very, successful, securing: a quantity of valuable manuscript ,pliiys,bp6 I regret to s.tat<e, howeveA.ithat.severalo^ the poor players have .been- considerable: sufferers, one 'lady losing ayvaluable lot of jewellery. Opinions. differ as to fche extent. I of t"ie dam-ga done, some assertuig||that the. loss, will mtfali short of £100,000. Whether. stich be the case or not,<thei*'cjm ; he little ! doubt that thaj, jnm will not by- a long; w-J*- ;■ represent the lo°3 thrpugh the catastrpphii through stopo*ge pf- business and injury ;toi, trade. The violloaving is the list pf "the, buildings desirpyed, with tha.i^u^snos Slcl &y*ife*^V )^:2: -;-—.•;'•-!■-• ;?~^ : -^*^-;

*Iti 'CltbTsti^ and! Jacob's boot -shop ; the old. .Market :• Williams and Cameron's . leather sjiop;. Bi^wn's,_ cabine'tmakfr ; , the rNag's-iHead stables. ' : The.preniises separately belonging rto Messrs. "Whitahpttse,- ;. Smith,,, and Madden, were damaged. ' ,' '*.! -. . " The WesleyanHschbolIjpwi*.^.", -:;■ . < ■■■ -. .'.' . *, >:■■.. ■■.-". :. .-. ,jln ; Manriew streetrrTbe Optra House, including the "Working Men's _Clu.b, "FogfeFancy? Bazaar, Smith's oyster -salopri, and soine c pth£r*mall Bhops ; Bank of New %*land } Redk and Tonks Piffl ; and at the »ar damaged, Eddie and Jack's premises, Crawford's jbbnded store, T. E. Macarthy'f contents alsp. damaged. '.....- ----"On 'the opposite side of tlie * way,. the following premises— Timcon, tailor Mariy«*t,"*.tobaccoriist^«^Ydritig's^ Oyster "-Saloon ;' Wesleyan - Chrirch ;< Riekman, bootmaker ; Scott. irona.bnger- stt>.5 tt>. Elder, fruiterer.; 'Graves, -and drapers ; Helyor, maspn | Betfof d, gasfltter ; Crosse, dentist ; l«*Vftob«cconiit£. - -*-.. -. 7 ■South British ... ...,£3,400 Tranftlantic - •— ;.....' 3,500. .'..,..• ... , ... 2,500 -".•...":. NewZealan*t' J ...*-' :,... 2,500 ' \ Vj»mJ ... , ... ;.. 2,500 _,, j, • Nor^iern;: •.."' " --.'.-, ;.,' ; 1,500 "National .., ...-' ■"...., 1,450 V-ii.--'-'Cpi6nisl W ; .j.'. •'■..'.-.-.. ■' , '■".....• .1,400 '... '■""" ..7""'..7 1.500 ; ; "Nbrth^British - ; ..,' ... 1,200 '"" Hanseatio ... ... ... 1,100 j ;-■ Royal ...■.-'"**;:..' ... 900 " r viLpndon and Lancashire ... : .900 •"Imperial ... .; ....... 500 . v'f Magdeburg .-:,.. .... 500 '■-2 iGuardianhf,-' -, „.!.„ ... '-800------v-f2 Sun!v.i;^!- ■■-$% 27 2^72 222 k 2 175"''. , '■' ■■27 Manchester ....... ' 150 !;■- ----'.'X: Normch 'TJnion --'■-.'..•■■■ --..,- }