SPEED BOATS LOST
-ii: IN FIRE NJSIAR DtTNEDIN. tßy Telegraph- Per Press Association Dunedin;:;..August 1.7,. .. "•Shortly after 10 o’clock on. Saturday : night, a fire broke out in a,boat shed at Vauxhall, containing the speed, boat June 11,, owned by'W. Hewitt., who i#> also the owner of the shed, and another boat belonging to a man named Cutien. A machine from the Soutlx Dunc-difi Fife Brigade station proceeded to the fire, but no water was available; and the firemen could do little to effect a save. The shed and contents were entirely destroyed. The shed was insured for £25 In- the Mercantile and General Office, 1 and tho June 11., which -was considered one. of the best speed boats on the harbour,, for £725 in the same office. Particulars of the insurance on the other, boat are not available, and the causei of the fire is unknown,
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Hokitika Guardian, 18 August 1930, Page 4
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146SPEED BOATS LOST Hokitika Guardian, 18 August 1930, Page 4
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