A BIG BLAZE.
[. ANOTHER. HOTEL BURNT [per prf.ss association. —Copyright.] WANGANUI, Feb. 21.
'At an early hour this evening, Fester’s Hotel, a large tliree-storicd wooden building on Taupo Quay, was totally destroyed by fire. The outbreak evidently started in an upstairs \ bedroom, and spread with great rapidity. When the town brigade arrived, the building was a .mass of flames. Assistance also came from the surburban brigades, and for over an hour a combined effort had to be made to prevent the fire' spreading into the adjoining business area. At one- stage a boarding house on the opposite side of Taupo Quay eauglft alight; The fire spread into Ross and Glendining’s \vp— l, ouse adjoining Foster’s Hotel, and v.as not checked before considerable damage was done. Foster’s Hotel was ciowded with visitors to the races, who lost their effects.
Details of the insurance arc not obtainable; but it is understood theio is £BOOO on the hotel building., and £A r >o on the furniture, mostly in the London and Lancashire Office. Jewellery belonging to the guests valued at £3000,. was in the hotel, and its fate is unknown.
Ross and. Glendining’s premiss were niainlv damaged bj water. Insurance on the buijding is £2900 in the South British Office.
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Hokitika Guardian, 22 February 1918, Page 1
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