FIRES.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 May 1922, Page 7

FIRES.

KAKAHI SUFFERS BADLY. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Taumarunui, May 18. A disastrous fire broke out early this morning at Kakaki. The fire started in E. O’Malley s boarding-house, owned by Miss Harrod, of Auckland. It next caught Endre’s general store, then spread to the publis hall. After the fire had a substantial hold on the hall, a small, empty shop owned by H. Fraser was knocked to pieces by the residents, and this provided a gap over which the fire could not leap to Everybody’s Theatre, and a shop belonging to Fraser. These were the only buildings left standing in the main street. Kakahi residents worked strenuously with buckets to suppress the conflagration. Had there been a wind the whole street undoubtedly would have been wiped out. The estimates of damage and insurances are not available. THE INSURANCES. Later. O’Malley’s boarding-house, valued at £2OOO, was insured for £9OO. The Kakahi Hall, insluding Endre’s shop, valued at £l4OO, was insured for £5OO. The stock in Endre’s shop, valued at £lOOO, was insured for £6OO. Mrs. Robertson had £ 100 insurance on her .stock of groceries in the small store attached to the boarding-house. Her loss was t £3oo. LARGE'HOUSE DESTROYED. Greymouth, May 18. A fire last night destroyed the contents of a 13-roomed house in Brunnerton occupied by Mr. H’otchersoll, the manager of the new Tyneside Proprietary. The origin is unknown. No water was available. BOARDING-HOUSE GUTTED. Hastings, May 18. A 12-roomed boarding-house, in Karamu Road, owned by Mrs. E. Phillip and occupied byf Mrs. K. Bedford, was burnt to the ground this morning. The occupants, Mrs. Bedford and two young children and a boarder, only escaped in their night-clothes. The insurances were: Furniture £3OO, in the Eagle Star and British Dominions office; building £l5OO, ir the Alliance office.