THE AUCKLAND FIRE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 104, 6 May 1904, Page 2

THE AUCKLAND FIRE.

LATER FARTIOUt,ABB» BEVERAL FIREMEN * BUILDING OWNED DY ASSfc)T# BOARD. DAMAGE ESYIMATISD AT £60,000.

(Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND. May *; T. and 3. Morriri's valuabl'o'SiSilc of ironmongery and the warehouji were almost completely destroyed bjr the Are. Water was plentiful, but' the hulk of thd stock and bulldJtog was practically destroyed before, tin brigade got the flames under. Th*. fire did not reach the bottom tki, 1 but the stock was Injured by tfafr' or. During tbo blaze there vver# * several explotrtons which tlirftlf up considerable quantities. 0 t wire metal, bricks, and other matwiafc There were Beveral' casualties; gouw of the firemen and cortitfaiSei t n» Baged In the work of cxtlnKiiiatitnif the lire being hurt. Shortly itter midnight the flames began tiff limt< en. and adjoining buildings' tffcr, " practically out of danger. At £.3Q the central portion of the wall' on the northern side collapsed, fireman McConnack and Ludlow NSfag rather seriously injured. The vuluo of the building and' stock Is roughly estimated at between £70,000 and £BO,OOO, and the damage will probably run ln•to £50,000. The firms books «r« in safes and should be got out latact. The building was owned by the Bank of New Zealand Aj*»t«' Hoard, the Morrins leasing It Wttn u purchasing clause, and was >»W - ued at £20,000. DANGERS RUN BY FIRfiUEf, ORIGIN OP JTOE A MYSTERY, ' AUCKLAND,' May X Mori-inn had Just completed' stocfc' taking (four consignments'fuvrliitf er-' lived lust week), when tho Are occurred. The stock was valued' at be-' tween £50,000 and £OO,OOO. Prac' tically nothing of the contettU ot the great store, reaching' frohj High Street to Bowen Avenue, weVa afcted from damage; Bltßoli water.

during the Are - Irlrttadn" Moor*' (CI ty Uri gado} > wlii fo" attempting'' to enter a, doorway at tlitf juinbod and his coat'. ahif'iiWit' got burned, and hiß BttJlc ISMHily' bespattered with roojtotf fita'd b«fii»' lie was rescued.

Firoman W. Alexander filfttrftd slight Injuries, such as Bpfalnod ankles, etc. Some men from th» cubfe steamer Iris were alio "Injured. Several persons had narrow escaped from the falling' debrh).' SECOND OUTBREAK OP FIBS. THE INSURANCES. When half the firemen were fearing at 4 o'clock the flames wej* seen rising from the roof of Horrin'4 /fetail shop, and warehouse, and. lha ril frontage on Quoen-street.,, Th» U Hery debris from explosions, had S| set the roof well alight, and it bujpf 1| I'd from end to end. The brigade $ renewed their work, and lp half ,ju», """' hour from the fresh outbreak had ' •/: control. i | j The fire completely putted * Jang' , M (lid a couple of thousand pqundn flfl worth of damage to the siofk general Ironmongery, electro' unci ornamental grates, bringing the total i)p to £BO,OOO, _ ■ During the progress of the larger fire Drivor Page (City Brigade) Tiad a narrow escape. Ho was working with one mate on a parapet, when the roof got too hot, and hie mate descended through a trap doos , but Page was beaten back (lames, and escaped by Jumping MO feet.

It Is ascertained that the, Insurances total £72.480. viz., £89,880 on warehouse and stock, am 4 £12,500 on the Queen Street miscs and contents. All are heli lb the first instance by the New Su». lend Company, but re-insuranMA.ini 23 companies range from £loooi to £OOOO.