WELLINGTON.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3221, 16 June 1879, Page 2

WELLINGTON.

This day. iWellington. The Loss Estimated at | »*!.:•: ! -,fi : .?:-..v f «!P!P^i ! ,!',rl Pii:Un 1 r» s; Tto largeit fire ever knoWin 5 WeUinfr itoh occurred lasS night, Slid !tti'e 'probable .loss is/; fifty, oi!, .fciity ilioußand N pppnd)i. - The; i insurance w expected to be abb4t twenty'^five ■thottßa'tfd;);lt ings burnt are:—Brandh ofs? the Bank ,Neur 2^3!arid;r >!iW^le^,^ iMe^<faiLt 1 !jvfag's- '^^^^1,/ !)^ j; ,Oa|k^ Hotel, Wesley an School, WorkinK_Men^; Clijb, Grayep and r drapery,' fiSc6ti'B irbnaiongory, and'a lot of'o&er -shops/-";f.iJ:AX ,AiJ!:/ i ii.aTA>:y?ui j ; : Last night's, XO, acres of ground, destroying abontithjfty buildingsThe insurances asi fai as can be ascertained are: South BritisH, £3,4?p n net loss;; , Traiia-Atlantic, £$,QWi- Union', £2,0C3f .Victoria, £1,560'; Eoyal,. £900.; Norih British and Mercaatile, £1,250; Northern, &550> laipenaJ^Mo } &ansealic^so(^;' London add) Laacashirei^£9so J, Colonial, £1,400; Standard^. „^2500; Wationijlji' insurance amount is riot obtainable yet,, but,itis^sapposed to,«be bctweep. tbr^e' and four"tho]asan,d. " : 'i; ' " " j

When the strong room of the Branch) ofJ taetßanfc of Neir Zealaadf'wali? bp|'ne4' thia-moirnioil the !Wftilji":were blackened 1 .with^smokp^^liitft'"^!^ the ,content| were all the papers connected with the ■'Rhodes! Estate. . . v . v ... vrfn.-v./'JI . • J/: Th^.-bnild^s!;'.Mtr^e^i^are^—The !opera House, Englemati'* fancy baaaar, Eddie and Jacks (bottler«), the Working Men's Ob^b, ,^tratf.ord'i r $$&'sss ltU ,Bjinkf^f.'^w,^:Ziea(andi', |' W.&vaoft, <bodtmaker), Smart's oyster shop^ \ timber yardpGrayef andjFlelttitifi'itlria;^ery; . { srtOTe )\ $$$1' ;#p& )ss#>,. i and Sohddl, rJ rSJme6tt^(tailo*), Young's ''bystw I''^^;- wßrown i'n''|oa!binei; j )s%£&), the Nag's HeadnrHotol and Btablis, Emney'B Hotel; Market Hall, Williams and Cameron, t (i'^J fpi»jg f ]{ltfBfifiteV !"tiapt shop, and a lot cf out' buildings. A good deal of damage was .^done IjO^'fjhe^Tp ' house. -s,i } K| .., v f ,a >..,-!.}«: 'umihnil \ [ ,■ Latest. ......t!«.'b«t:qo i : The following ? erp ..tho^ complete and ' corrected lists* of msurancea 'on the buildings bumt;:-^ .jr i r (> y_ j | ■ Sout^Biyiisli..., . s .. r .,- ...; tm\ Trans-Atla'ntifa r tJ'j, l.' „. 2,000J (''■■Stan!dard;:'-":.i; ;i';- '•/.-i !tyr-i ;Vr ;i;'^5CD: New,Zealanlfo.O ,K. .1,... 2,5001 •Union?.. 1. ... ... ... 2.500J Northern ... ... ... 1,600! j; -National' i ■^■■■■■'•^•■•^{.i^l^iS^ '•^e.qlqn'ial 'A ■^"^■> 1,400! !l!;-Vidtibna i:'"f-'"r..;.--:. !I"?^.:':'' i^^;:l^CoJ ! North British..: '::.V..[ }: '^"■■ llsfroii 0"" ;.r' lilO^ .a w wfivw »"'''■'^''Z^.M 1" London.apd Xjancashire., -C i,V;. £>00; s - Imporial ,«..[: * ...f, ..,.(..„.,„, ;j500; Mandeburg " , M ... 600' Sun ... . ... , ... 175| Manchester ....... ... 150.^ Norwich IJnioh ; ... J- 1.. 150? The Liverpool, end Globe has no risT-s. '■'■''''- ■'■. - ■'".■.:*■''■ '": ■■■ ; A meeting of the insure^ice agonts took place this afternoon. / ! ',' Tbe Stplla ieayoß !f6r '-Taranaki, ihis erening,; ? taking; A up,,.si£ty, Armed' Cqn.■flfcibrlaxy. -i '>.•■!.• ,•-.■-...•■ ■ lil .< ,■■'■ „.■•, „,•,;■;■ j V);/Mr ;i:BroWne!, ;tima:nagelS of the Ope^l House, made "arraogemants within;' J an hour of jthe-ijlace foy HisQpck's Theatro Soyftt-r - ; -'o^t -ni'TnW. | The report of a man being burned jat the fire i» ,;t ■_;,■/• j" ; [^isio^d.oi's^pod. ilMKtthe Hon. Lyttletc|ni. .private secretary, to the iC^ofernor, resign su his. appointment in.a day or two and proceeds/ to England. ; .The /,Eoy Mr. Thompson will'bo appointed in his place.