ANOTHER FIRE.

Taranaki Daily News, 9 October 1916, Page 4

ANOTHER FIRE.

IV DffVQN STREET,

BJL\iiT BRIGADE WORK

Intense excitement wis oausod in town on Saturday afternoon, shortly after one o'clock, vvlion tlie firebell "langed, and huge volumes of smoke ivere seen issuing from the block of buildings, situated 011 the western side of Devon Street and facing Brougham Street, that is the property of Mr. Newton King, The fire, which had evidently been smoi.lderiw; for some time, burst Jilt in th." rorth-castcrn top floor of Mr. King's pieinises— in what was known as (he onion room—where men had been engaged in the morning, but its origin is inexplicit . Immediately after tha alarm sounded the brigade was on the scene, am! aided by a splendid water pressure what promised a great conflagration was speedily extinguished, although the devouring clement had a good hold of, the upstairs rooms, and threatened to destroy the entire block. Much good salvage work was done by willing hand:!, many volunteers from the huge crov d that speedily gathered rendering va'uable assistance in removing papers aiitl goods to places of safety. Mr King's offices and mart were extensively damaged by water, and the loss there will probably run into some hundreds of pounds. Upstairs, three rooms w?rc practically gutted, and a couple of others were seriously affected. The part of the. building occupied by '.Mr. R. C'onk (Piccadilly Dining Roomsj, also suffered considerably from smoke 'inri water, and Mr. Cock estimates that his insurances, £IOO in the National oflire, will rot cover his loss. He lost all his per'.D'ii# belongings', and his rcstauran' business will have to be entirely rehabilitate!*..

The sho,-: and offices of other other occupants of 'the block: Messrs W. T. Pnokham (clothier), Burke (bootmakei j, Plicn-nix Assurance Company', 1). Ilutciii'ii (liiivyer), Alliance Assurance, Taianaki A.iiu«ements, Ltd., Sanderson im! Falconer; nnd T. Buxton—were not damaged, mi! their inconvenience was Imt tempera' v.

The insu.vuce? held by Mr. King (all in the Phoenix office are: Stock in mart £uoo, stock of grass seed -£SOO, •stationery £?00, block of buildings a total of £3450.