DESTRUCTIVE FIRE
IN BRISBANE.
810 BUILDING DESTROYED
(Received March 7, 9.30 a.m.)
BRISBANE, March 8. One of the most disastrous fires in the history of the city broke out late last night, when Fitzro'y.jCbambers, a six-storey building in Adelaide Street, in the heart of the city, was gutted. , The fire spread to a tailor's establishment adjoining, and was still burning early this morning, but was under control.
£65,000 DAMAGES.
COVERED BY INSURANCE
DAMAGE TO ADJOINING BUILDINGS.
(Received Last Night, 9.40 o'clock.) ■'••■. - ' BRISBANE, March 8. The damage caused by fire in connection .with the Fitzrby. buildings is estimated. -\ atr£6s,ooo,\_the whole, of which" is covered by insurance: • 'Messrs Stewart and. Sons' big soft goods warehouse, adjoining the building, was drenched by the sprinklers, the damage to the,stock being serious. Other adjoining premise are damaged in a lesser degree by heat and water.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10579, 9 March 1912, Page 5
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140DESTRUCTIVE FIRE Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10579, 9 March 1912, Page 5
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