DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT WELLINGTON.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1995, 21 April 1885, Page 2

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT WELLINGTON.

[HI in.K.KM'll.— I'RK'-S \KsOCI\riOV I \\ n.i im.ion, Smid.i\ A Mi)sr Kermim contlagiation broke out l.i-t night, which resulted m the tot.il'dt sti u< timi of .Tallies Smith's "Te Am House. ' This establishment was one of tlie laigtst diaper's .uid clothier s lvi wiieis in ton n, ,niil about six o'clock list limlit one of the assistants in lighting the gas in tin* window, accidentally set hie to some fa lines. The fiio speedily sprrid, and resisted all effoits to extinguish it. linniedi.itelv the Hamcs were found to h,ne a. firm hold all the sliuttcit weie dropped to pi event a diaught and tlie fire brigade was on the spot without delay, but not in ttnttitiitnl tmic t*> stay the de»tniction of thu building. It was raining heavily at the, time, and what stock that was removed, if not damaged by water in the Ride building \v«w destroyed by jthe i.un. Owing to tlie offices beiug closed, no correct information lespectmg nskn cm be obtained, but it estimated that the budding and stock is covered for i'l<>,ooo, distributed over several offices. Mondtv It is believed that Mr Squire U.tilon who w.ii assisting in suppressing the tin at To Aro House on Satin flay ni^'ht lias lost hiK life in the building, ll.ulou wis neon to enter the building to rchcunoii<' of the a«HistantH, hut nince then he has not been hpoh urhouid of. Jlo was a paituei with hi« brother in the greengrocery line, and wan to have returned to work on Satin day night Tho whole of the dobm in the building has not been removed. li<ulow is .a innrried man, and leaves four children. The Htock in Te Ato HoiiHe in estimated at fully JW»,000 Tho insurance thereon was only £11,500, ho that Mr Smith sutlers a veiy great lon-, The building was woith £7000, but watt only insiued for £f)01.