Extensive Fires.
[Per United Press Association.] £12,000 INSURANCE. Invercargill, May 10. A disastrous fire occurred this morning, when the premises known as the Leviathan Gift, occupied by Rodgers Brothers, booksellers and fancy goods warehousemen, were destroyed. The insurances were—Rodgers and Co.’s buildings, Australian Mercantile, £5OO (£250 re-insured) ; Royal, £1,500; North British, £3,500. Stock—Australian Mercantile, £l,OOO ; North British, £1,500 ; Hamburg-Magdeburg, £1,000; Royal, £1,000; London and Lancashire, £500; Equitable, £1,500. Total—£lo,9oo. On Nichols and Douglas’s photographic gallery £6OO in Colonial on the stock, and Hayes, the chemist’s, £3OO in the Australian Mercantile, and £3OO in the New Zealand. Later. The North British had only £2,500 on Rodger’s stock,’and the London and Lancashire had £5OO on the fittings, in addition to the amount previously telegraphed. Greymouth, May 10. A cottage occupied by Sergeant-major O’Grady, was burned down this morning at three o’clock. The house being old burned very rapidly, and was wrapped in flames when the brigade arrived. The sounds of crashing glass awakened the sergeant, who had considerable difficulty in saving his wife and children. The furniture and other effects were entirely destroyed, the only things saved being a few articles of wearing apparel belonging to his daughter. The house was not insured. The origin of the fire is supposed to be through a defective chimney.
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 128, 10 May 1884, Page 2
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214Extensive Fires. Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 128, 10 May 1884, Page 2
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