THE LATE FIRE: ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume II, Issue 165, 28 April 1874, Page 2

THE LATE FIRE: ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.

The ruins of the buildings destroyed by the fire on Saturday evening are still smouldering, but no further damage can take place. The bottles which were in Mr. King’s shop have been melted, and have run into one another, and large masses of glass in this state are to be seen amongst the debris. There are various other things which clearly show the nature of the business which once was carried on there. The roof of Messrs. Vaile’s building has suffered considerably by the intense heat. In some places the slates have been literally roasted, and crumble away when touched. The lead and spouting have also been melted, and the timber underneath in several places has been charred. Had the tire continued a little longer no appliances available on the occasion could have saved this building. The verandah of the same building slioavs marks of ill-usage. Upon the whole, however, this building has not suffered serious damage, and the stock has, fortunately, not been injured. As stated in our issue of yesterday, Mr. Hurst’s was the only place from which anything of value was saved. Mr. llubie is the most unfortunate of all. He had invested all his money in his stock, which was not insured. As he has a sick wife and three children to keep, his case is a particularly hard one. With the exception of Mr. Cleal, all the other persons had insured their stocks, and consequently their losses will not be felt so keenly, although not one of them was fully insured. When Mr. King was obliged to rush out of his shop there were a number of gold and silver coins in his till, On making a search yesterday he found several halfsovereigns, and also discovered a lump of silver produced by the melted coins, which had. the appearance of a lump of lead. The following are the various insurances:— NEW ZEALAND COMPANY. Mr. King, on stock ... ... £BOO Mr. Redfern, on stock ... ... £lOO Mr. Seymour, on stock £lB7 Mr. Townshend, on stock ... £4OO Total £1,487 VICTORIA INSURANCE COMPANY. Mr. Hurst, on stock £750 ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. Mr. Marshall, on stock £lOO NORWICH UNION. Mr. Goodfellow’s buildings ... £7OO SCOTTISH COMMERCIAL. Mr. Goodfellow’s buildings ... £5OO —D. S. Cross.