Fire in Wellington.
L 40,000 Damage. (united association.) Wkixtkctox, This Day. A destructive fire commenced at 4.45 a.m., supposed in the Press . " room. Tlio Telegraph Oflice, tele- ■ .'.' graphic room, telephone exchange, : accountants' and Post blaster '-.'Generals branch, customs ofiice, post'and mail offices, are now, at 0 a.m., completely destroyed. There is little clutnce of saving the romaindcr of the building. The damage is estimated at between thirty and forty thousaud pounds. Very little was aired oxcept the mails and.a low telephones. • All the telegraphic instruments ; too destroyed. Accounts as to ' origin aro very conflicting. The • fire .was discovered by a woman coming to clean up, vrlio asserts it appeared to lie in tho centre of the. building, where the new oloetric light. apparatus is being erected, The lire spread with great, rapidity, and although the building was of brick, the two top storeys were one mass of . flames within an 'hour and half of the ■ outbreak. This message .has been sent out by special messenger to the ■ nearest telegraph station, tjpramuni- • cation. will- be .temporarily restored the day, but it will bo difficult .to get the work through.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2584, 28 April 1887, Page 3
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188Fire in Wellington. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2584, 28 April 1887, Page 3
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