FIRES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 372, 25 April 1910, Page 5

FIRES.

LARGE FIRE AT KELSO. B3' Telegraph—Press Association. Gore, Saturday - . Messrs. Wright. Stephenson and Co.'« large corrugated iron grain store at Kelso was burned to the ground at s a,m. The lire is supposed to have originated in an engine-room whore an oil engine was installed, but the cause is a mystery. A rough estimate places the damage between £IO,OOO .and £12.000, including the loss of some 18.000 sacks of grain, merchandise, etc. Practically nothing was saved. The railway station, a wooden building, which lies alongside, was saved by the united efforts of the stationmaster and the men. though it caught tire on several occasions.

The insurances amounted to £SOOO on the .building and stock in the London and Lancashire. The property was under-insured. OUTBREAK AT CTIRISTCJTURCII. Chvistchurch. Saturday. A seven-roomed house at Xew Brighton, owned by Mr. Congreve and occupied by W. Wharton, was burned down last night. The house was insured for £350. The furniture was not insured.

If your property is not insured, call at or ring up the T'nited Insurance Company. Ltd.. Devon street. Telephone !f)S. Webster Bros., district agents. Insurances ejected on the most faVorable terms.—Advt.