FIRES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 645, 23 October 1909, Page 5

FIRES.

' v ■ '.:■ ■"' ;■ v ■ FATAL:HOTEL^UIE ;^.^;; - ■■;':% (By TclccrftuU—firciv.&sit«Uvton.)^y.;:,».,•.y ' • i /'; l ;:Hawofai"bctob6r'^ : ~' v ■ • This morning it 1.30 o'clock, tho Commercial Hotel at Nonunhby, a- two-storied' building of--,■"'-'. J3 rooms, was burnt 'to. tho. ground.':.'fhoaiaa : ' Uridley, a labourer, 'agod> 33j; wafe ..burntVto, ..,'.. death. The remains, mere cinders, ; \vcro 'found'.: '■■■ ' : amongst the debris. 'Tho,hoteliAvas owned'.by;,•. '■''■■.';: Hill and Co., arid.the licensee Irns,A. J. ; Kiriip-.'- • ' ; ton, Insurances:;'JiWOO' on the buildingj and: v , ,' JJIOO each on stock and' furniture.' ';',: ■' ■■:, ."NO. WATER' WAS.. A^LABLE.'''; 'i-S-'r--;- / • Clirl&tchUrcri.v October; 22.! : ;, '; ■Between nine land: ten' o'clock' Inst night thO' .' aerated water factory aud stables':of l)al!m : '■'■ aiid, Ray, in York Street, Opawa,word totally.:.';'." destroyed by fire, the only property .saved be-:. ; ing a four-wheeled; wagon and Spring-cart, The.';'. ■''.' premises wbro all fight at nine'o'cloolj,' accord'' , ing to tho statement of a/resident in the ■'• ..' vicinity, but: at half-past nine the building ' f was well alight, the fire having "a" hold : in vtho;>"."-''-' s middle of tho building. As tho building was ■'■';■ some distance outside the fire area, and there." - was s no guaranteo ; forthcoming, none. of the ■':■'•'.";' fire plant could loaVo tho city.'■'Ko Water was "'■'•' available, and the building, which Was of wood ' '■ and iron; was soon reduced,to;embers'.: .Thcro '?■■' seemed, to be' a danger 'of adjoining . houses ' catching firo, but buckets,, of ;,wator prevented/ : ' : ? tho firo spreading.'., ■; :■ .<&'■/■ ■■■ ,;■ ; ■ ■;_Th6 building, a small one of one story, and' ■'■'■ its contents were valued at .£BOO, and insured'' ■■ in the [Yorkshire,'office..,:: ;■■• ".;''- Tho simplicity of action and'great nessof the Minima* Hand Fire Extinguisher have boon proved by the aotuar suppression if : numerous fires. A. T. Bate, Nathan's Build.'," ings, Wellington, is the agent.—Advt. • ' '<