DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT AUCKLAND. OWEN & GRAHAMSPREMISES BURNED DOWN. [BY TELEGRAPH.-OWN CORRESPONDENT]

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 2013, 2 June 1885, Page 2

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT AUCKLAND. OWEN & GRAHAMSPREMISES BURNED DOWN. [BY TELEGRAPH.-OWN CORRESPONDENT]

Aitckiavi), Monday 11.30 am. MKnSHs O\\K\ AND (JUUIUIV. stole W.IS burned down tliis morning. Tlio lire is now extinguished. Thanks to tlio effoits of the Kne Brigade, tin: Farmers' Co-(ippi-.itivo stoic .uid Thornton, Smith and l«"iith\ mill, winch adjoin, have escaped damage.

Later. The fire was first noticed about S o'clock this morning by Mr K. IJ.nker one of the employes, who at once sounded the olectiio fiie alarm. The fiio briyido was soon on the spot, and worked lnrd to keep the file under It had ho\u>wr pot a t;ood stait of them, and w.is buinin<^ fiercely by the time they aimed. In about an hour'.s time, however, tliev in ui.ijjed to m.i»ter it, and .it ab ut 10 o'clock tin- hie was fairly e\tin•^uithed. Now tint an opportunity has been j,'immi to c >le ul.itt* the damitfe! it is found that then- i. aliout £"{O,OOO of losh. The insinanccs li(i\,o\ei aie £-ill,~>oo, to it will be coveted. The full insurances .ire as follow-: -New Zealand, i'3ooo ; Hanseatic, tT>OO; London „,ul Laneishhe, £1000; Hambuif,', t'r>oo: Victorian, £2000 : Fire \ssoci ition, £2."i00 ; Union, t'looo ; Stand,nd, t'1000; Nonvich irnion, £1000; Noithren, t'.SOOO; Xational, t300: Sun, f-'"»00 ; Loudnii and Clobe, t'2000: United, tUtOO ; South British, €2000: Colonial, t'looo ; Manchester, €1000; Mercantile, t'_'OOO ; linpeiial. fiOOO. Total €43,."i00. Huildinpr \ew Zetland i'JOOO ; Norwich, t'looo TolilUOOO Theioi-i no clue to the oii^m df the tin .