FIRE AT TAIHAPE.
(By Telegraph —Prosß Assoclatlbn.) Toihapo, February 21. Soon after 2 a.m. to-day n.firo broke out; in tho kitchen of tho Trocadero, a restaurant in Main Street. Tho building was rapidly engulfed in> (lames, which 6prcad to an adjoining shop, temporarily occupied by. Semeloff, with 1 a stock of drapery, clotliinp, and boots. The back part was used as a residence by Murray, lessee. Both buildings vcre gutted. Tho brigade, helped by an excellent water supply/prevented tho Are from spreading to the adjoining buildings ,on .each side, which only suffered 1 slight damage from heat and water. The'occupants only had n few minutes to cscape, losinpr all their property. . Murray's loss in books alone is .£IOO. "Tho buildings wore owned by A.. Nathan. Insurance—Buildings, ,£4.00 each in tho Sun; Murray's, furniture, .£IOO in the Loudon, Liverpool, and Globo, Fortunately there was no wind, or otherwise it would have been difficult to saro tho adjoining premises.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19130222.2.80
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1681, 22 February 1913, Page 6
Word count
Tapeke kupu
157FIRE AT TAIHAPE. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1681, 22 February 1913, Page 6
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in