BLAZE IN INVERCARGILL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3635, 23 November 1920, Page 4

BLAZE IN INVERCARGILL.

TWO WAREHOUSES GUTTED. INyEROARGILL, Nov. 20. The ioost destructive fire that has occurred in Invercargill for many years broke out in the National Mortgage Company's pemises in Crescent, block, shortly after three this morning. When the brigade arrived the place -was a seething mass of flame, and the two-storyed brick building was completely gutted, nothing being savr ed. The flames spread to the adjoining four-storeyed building of the New Zealand Loan Company, the main portion being destroyed, with its vahn able contents, only part of the fronfl offices remaining intact. Extensive stocks of seed, corn sacks, fertiliser, and general merchandise were carriea

by both firms, and the loss will be | very heavy. . It is estimated that it will cost over J twenty thousand to Teinstae the Na- ! tional Buildings, while the contents j were valued between ,£15,000 and 1 £20,000. The Loan Company's buildings contained 850 bales of wool Delonging to the Imperial Government, besides a large quantity stored for clients. Valuable plant, a large quantity of seed oats manure and general merchandise was totally destroyea. The aggregate loss will probably reach The insurances are not available.