FIRES.
DEJECTED KI.AX ON FIDE. , [Per Press Association.] WELLINGTON, April 5. A lire broke out in Wellington on Saturday night among the flax rejected from what was in the Harbor Board’s J. shod at the time of the recent fire. The flax was lying over about an acre of :reclaimed land, the intention being to work it in with spoil used for reclaiming. The barque Weathersfield, which was in the vicinity, was in danger for a time, owing to a violent gale hlowino- the sparks about. Ihe flax is still snnn tide ring, hut there is no danger of the fire spreading. an hotel Destroyed.
CHRISTCHURCH, April o. The Wajiiui hotel, crowded with visitors. wa.s destroyed by lire ;On Sunday morning,. There were many narrow- escapes, but no lives were lost. ’ Val Vousdeiy, •a - well-known entertainer, jumped from the balcony, escaping; injurv with, the exception of slight burns on the body. There are no further tier tails. .> ■’ r ei r-rl ‘/G,
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2469, 6 April 1909, Page 5
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