GREAT FIRE.
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Cargo of Frozen Meat T melted. [REUTER —COPYRIGHT.] BRISBANE, bept 13. The meat preserving works at Bock* harapton were totally destroyed by fir® to-day. The loss is estimated at £90,000* of which £25,000 is covered by insurances. The following are the policies held by the New Zealand offices :—Colonial Insurance Company of New Zealand. £2IOO, threefourths reinsured ; United Insurance Company and South British; each £2IOO, of which £865 is reinsured ; Union Insurance Company of New Zealand, £SOOO ; National Insurance Company of New Zealand, £IOOO. The remainder are held by English offices. _ J & This Day. The Meat Preserving Works, which were burnt down at Rockhampton, were ;situated at TaTa Creek. The entire works, several large buildings, were * (biitfy destroyed, only some machinery being saved. The cargo of frozen meat, which had been prepared for the steamer Fiado, was also consumed.
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Patea Mail, Volume IX, Issue 1086, 14 September 1883, Page 2
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