FIRES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 181, 9 January 1915, Page 4

FIRES.

BUSINESS BLOCK ABLAZE. By Telegraph.—r«r Association. Auckland. Last Night. A fire, which caused darrage estimated at l.vtvu-i) .i2H(!() ami £3OOO, occurred at Newmarket this afternoon. The outbreak originated in a h\ir,g room ahove the chemist siiop of Wilfred Fookes, furc? rooms being gutted. The* flames spread along the wooden rafters, causing damage to the, ceilings of three other rooms in the tame block. A considerable number of rooms of other shops in the block wet'" I'-imaged by water, the stocks in some (•'■"■- boiity also damaged. The premises 'Veted were: Fookes, chemist; W. me and Co., tobacconists; C. F. Do- das, fish saloon; Koung Young, h'u'u.rev; and Miss P.. Beckmann, confectioner, all damaged by water. The owner of the block is Mr. R. H. Abbott, The shops are insured in the Liverpool, London and Globe Office; Fookes' stock in the Sun office; Lane's stock in the Standard office; Beckmanifs stock in tlie Ocean office. Koung Young was also insured, but Douglas was uninsured.

If your property is not insured, call at or ring up the United Insurance Co., Ltd,. Currie Street; telephone 196. J. C. Spedding, district agent. Insurances effected on the most favorable terms Advt.