FIRES.
WELL-KNOWN LANDMARK BUR-NT, <Bs Telegraph.—Special CeriesponiJonU Wanga-nui, May IS. During the height of last uight's-fiale. about, eleven'o'clock, the Mnngarnalm Hotel was destroyed by fire. The buik?. in" was a very old one, ami, beiug of totara. burnt very fiercely. In fact, within twenty minutes of the outbreak bt-iii;; disoim-i-Ml, the roof fell in. Thebuilding was it two-storied ■ house of twenty rooms, and was a weit-l;n-mvn landmark. Nothing at all was saved, and the occupants escaped >n their attire. The licensee, Mr. H. ,1. Aiclier. is a very heavy loser. A groat fiijht, and a sttccessful' one, was [mi up by the l residents to save- the store.and post, office .which wore close by,' and it was only after several hours' vary hurd work that all danger wbb lefiioved.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2152, 19 May 1914, Page 6
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129FIRES. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2152, 19 May 1914, Page 6
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