DISASTROUS FIRE..

Taranaki Daily News, 9 November 1917, Page 5

DISASTROUS FIRE..

DUN K DIN WAREHOUSE DESTROYEDBy Telegraph!—-Press Association. ( | J,-' : V' Dunedin, Nov. M; ; i There Was a disastrous fire at JoJ>» LEdmoM's hardware shop and warehouse In Princes Street this morning. cause is unknown. The; fire originttM "'% about tile centre of the building. Short- '" l.v after 2 o'clock the rjjpf fell in, and about 3 o'clock two flramen, Goldsmith and Adamaon, were throWn from * ladder and injured. Theyi were to the hosjital, Wft it is believed Weir ' injuries are not serious.' , Nothing'is left of the building %| the outer walls. The damage is roughly estimated at 80,000, an| the stock rV ' £700!), | •■ •• The building of the'.Grand Picture Palace, next door, had.' the interior " soaked. The damage is probably £9flffi. »'| The Public Trust, to th« south, cscijSid V with £6O damage. Stedls clothing**!*tory had the roof badly damaged «&»«« the contents soaked. i» The . insurance is pieved ttf >'b» £33.000 on Edmond's establishment, <- Dunedii, Last Nlgitj The insurances total £30,000. Of tola £25,000 Is on Edmond's stock and £BOOO on the building. The iHsk» were distributed fairly evenly oVer the tw«rtty offices operating in Dunedin. A revised ' estimate by underwriters' of the damage to the Grand Theatre is under £MOO.' The insurances were £4600.