The Review of Reviews, 



591 



INSURANCE NOTES. 



The annual bay excursion of the combined insur- 

 ance companies of Melbourne took place on Satur- 

 day last, the 14th December, to Sorrento. The wea- 

 ther was exceptionally fine, and the paddle steamship 

 " Weeroona " carried over iqoo excursionists. A 

 musical programme was carried out on the water, 

 and, in addition, De Gilio's well-known string- band 

 and the Prahran City brass band, furnished a long 

 programme of choice items. The steamer returned to 

 Port Melbourne about q o'clock p.m., and everybody 

 seemed pleased with the day's outing. This excursion 

 is a record so far as attendance is concerned. 



Messrs. Harringtons Limited, photographic mei- 

 rhants, of George-street, Sydncv, suffered the total 

 h)ss of their fine stock by fire on iSth inst., whilst the 

 adjoining premises sustained considerable damage 

 from fire, smoke and water. Magnificent work was 

 done by the Fire Brigade in a fight with the flames, 

 which lasted upwards of an hour before the danger 

 was passed. Ifarrington's building and stock insur- 

 ances ran into lietwccn /ii 6,000 and iJi 7,000 in various 

 companies. 



The first and second floors of the building in 

 Bourke-street, Melbourne, occupied by the Sutton Pro- 

 prietary Limited, the Greater |. D. Williams Amuse- 

 ment Company, and Messrs. \'ei)nian and Co., photo- 

 graphers, were completely gutted by fire on Saturday 

 morning, the .31st ult. The oiubreak occurred with 

 startling suddenness, a sheet of flame shooting from 

 the tank where picture films were developed in the 

 portion oif the building occupied by the J. D. Wil- 

 liams Company, and rapidly spreading along the wall 

 where large quantities of films were stored. The chief 

 oflicer of the Fire Brigade, ^Ir. 11. B. Lee, said after 

 the fire: — " P^)rtunately we received an early warning, 

 and were, consequently, able to confine the fire to the 

 first floor, where it began. Splendid work was done 

 by the salvage corps in covering uj) valuable stock 

 in Suttons' shop, and little damage was done id the 

 l)remises of Yeoman and Ci>." 



" 1 have frequently laid stress," continued Mr. Lee, 

 '' upon the many danger spots which exist in Mel- 

 bourne, and this fire is merely another instance of the 

 risk attendant upon the storing of inflammable .mate- 

 rials in the city without special precautions being 

 taken. Films are extremely inflammable, and when 

 burning create fumes which make the work of firemen 

 very difficult. About two years ago an outbreak of 

 fire occurred at the premises of Messrs. Pathe Freres, 

 when films valued at many hundreds of pounds were 

 destroyed in circumstances almost similar to those of 

 the present conflagration. I sincerely hope that these 

 two warnings will have the effect of making the re- 

 gulations more complete for the storage of these 

 materials." 



Damage, estimated at i^io.ooo, was caused by a fire 

 which burnt out the basement of the Australian Drug 

 Company's premises in O'Connell-street, Sydney, on 

 the 17th inst. The firemen working with difficulty 

 on account of the heavy smoke and fumes, did well 

 in confining the fire to the basement, 



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 SYDNEY— 74 Pitt Street. 

 ADELAIDE— 71 Kirg William Street. 

 BRISBANE— Creek Street. 

 PERTH— Barrack Street. 

 HOBART— Collins Street. 

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WALTER TUCKER, 



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THE fQlJITY TRlSTEfS, EXECITORS, AND 

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RESERVE LUBIlirV. £100.000; GUARANTEE FUND, £10.000. 

 BOARD OP DIRKCTORS- Edward Fanning, Esq., Chairmau; 

 W. H. Irvine, Esq., KC, M.P.; Donald Mackinnon, 

 Esq., M.[>.A.; R, O. M'Cutcheon, Esq., M.L.A.; Stewart 

 McArthur, Esq., K.O. 



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 to perform all ^'lasses of trustee business. 



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 0. T. MARTIN, Assistant Manager. 



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