FIRE AT ASHBURTON.
SECOND EDITION.
[By Telegraph.] ASHBURTON, May 13. A fire broke out in Watts’ Temperance Hotel this morning at two o'clock. It was burned to the ground in a short time. The fire also caught Messrs Baker and Browns’ coach-factory, and this, too, was destroyed. One lodger In the boarding-house was extricated with difficulty, and was much out and burned. Mr and Mrs Walts were absent at the time. Two children were rescued by a lodger. The insurances on the hotel (Baker and Brown, owners) are—South British, £3OO ; Standard, £3OO. The hotel furniture was insured in the Union for £2OO. The factory was insured for £250 in the South British, but the stock was uninsured. The origin is unknown. Baker and Brown are heavy losers.
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Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2249, 13 May 1881, Page 1
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