TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES.

Southland Times, Issue 652, 3 April 1867, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES.

DUNEDIN. April 2nd, 11.15 a.m. A terrific fire occurred here last night. It .broke' out at about twenty minutes past eleven o'clock in the premises occupied by Mr Wilson, ironmonger, Princesstreet north. "Within an hour the following buildings in the vicinity of the Octagon were totally destroyed: — J. Harding's Octagon Hotel, Jago and Oo.'s timber yard, law, Somner and Co.'s seed warehouse, J. M'Neil's premises, Sampson's butcher's shop, A. T. Burt's plumbor's shop, G-arrott- and Co.'s coach factory. In Princes-street : The premises of Herbert Haiaes and Co., drapers j Patorson and M'Leod, grocers; G\ E. West's music warehouse, J- Denman's photographic rooms, Sourfceon and Caw tailors and clothiers' shop ; James Eeid, chemist's' shop; Zierco's fancy goods warehouse, the Theatre Eoyal, Criterion Hotel. Moray Place South : .8. H. Johnson's plumber's shop, and dwellinghouse adjoining Criterion Hotel. On opposite side of Princes-street:" The premises of — C.Begg, music seller; Hamilton and Watson, furniture dealers ; Scanlan Bros., oilmen ; W. Gregg and Co., coffee merchants ; Schmack, hairdresser ; W. Sinclair, tailor ; J. E. Craw- ( ford, surgeon; E. Lofield, watchmaker. From Moray Place to Octagon the only building saved is Cabitt's, brick building, occupied as South Australian Hotel— that much damaged. G-reat excitement in town. • ••'■'' 5 p.m. The following are the amounts, as far as yet ascertained, of the losses sustained by the several Insurance Companies : —

JSTo Estimate of the total value of the property destroyed has been formed yet.

Liverpool and London . . £4,100 Eoyal . . ... 5,450 jSTew Zealand . . . . - • 3,650 Australasian . ■ ■ 1,750 Victorian . . . • • 1,890 Otago . . . .. ~ • 1,550 Imperial .'. -.. _ • : . • i* ooo Northern . . . . • • 595 London and Lancashire . . 500 Alliance . ': 500 £20,985