The brigade was speedily on the scene of the fire, bringing out the two motor engines and the electric turntable ladder.
On its arrival flames were breaking through the windows of the second floor of the building, but the brigade, using two leads of water from Lower High street and one lead from Macandrew street, soon gained the upper hand, and extinguished the outbreak.
The fire evidently started on the High street side of the second floor, and the flames then shot up to the top flat and through the roof.
The outbreak was practically confined to the High street portion of the building, but in extinguishing the flames the brigade had to use a large quantity of water, and all the different floors were flooded, a considerable amount of damage resulting from this cause.
The building itself has not sustained much damage. The portion of the company's premises in which the fire occurred, and its contents, are covered by insurances of 4000 on the building and 11,000 on the plant and stock.
The insurance offices which have policies on the plant and stock are practically the whole of the companies doing business in Dunedin.
Mr Patrick Carey, another of Dunedin's early settlers, passed away yesterday morning at his daughter's residence, Kensington, after a long illness, in his 85th year.
The late Mr Carey was born at Carlow, Ireland, on March 17, 1831, and at the age of 19 sailed for Tasmania, where he joined the Water Police, and afterwards the Hobart Town (as the place was then named) City Police, attaining the rank of sergeant.
Attracted by the Gabriel's Gully rush, he left the force and joined the army of gold-seekers, reaching Dunedin in February 1861.
After a short stay on the goldfields he returned to Dunedin to meet his wife and four children, whom he had sent for after his first ''strike''.
He then purchased a section near about the centre of St. Kilda, and pitched a tent for the accommodation of himself and family.
This tent, then the only ''dwelling'' on St Kilda, did duty until towards the end of 1861, when Mr Carey erected the first house in the now model borough.
He subsequently removed to South Dunedin. Deceased was the last of the original members of the old Caversham Road Board, on which body he held a seat for some 17 years.
He took an active part in starting the first school on the Flat, and was one of a deputation who waited upon the late Hon. W.J.M. Larnach for assistance in the matter. In the establishment of St. Patrick's Basilica, also, Mr Carey was an enthusiastic helper.
He was a member of the first South Dunedin Licensing Committee, and also a borough councillor.
He is survived by a daughter and two sons. His wife died 48 years ago.
For some time the residents of German Bay, Banks Peninsula, have been considering the renaming of the bay, in view of the fact that the present name may have a prejudicial effect on the dairy produce exported to the Home Country.
The matter took definite shape at a meeting of residents on Saturday evening, at which, after discussion, it was resolved:- ''That the original Maori name of Otakamatua be reverted to,'' and a petition was drawn up for signature by the residents to be forwarded to the proper authority, requesting the change to be made. - ODT, 2.7.1915.
