Fire at the Hutt.

Manawatu Herald, 29 December 1892, Page 2

Fire at the Hutt.

Shortly after midnight last night a. fire broke out at. the . Hutt,. which resulted in very ! seridiW damage being done. ~ Mr.Burt's store, in which the fire stared, • -was' 'totally destroyed, as was also the. Oddfellows 1 Hall. The ; "FkmM Hotel was also attached by the flames, and the -building and its' contents were very seriously damaged by. fire and water before the conflagration was quelled. „ .-: Wj Mrßurt's store and, stock,, were, it is said, uninsur^^nd^the unfortunate owner estimates.h^-loss at £4000. :'K ; -" - vf!T Ihe amount of insurance on the Oddfellows'; Hall .yet The Petone Fire arrived on the scene soon after the had reached the hotel, 55 iftnd ' J by dint of splendid worif iiiccWe'ded'in putting a stop to what was. »,ye^ serious fire The greatest 'credit ig due to the firemen for the way they worked. Dr "VVhitehead nMtiwithfan/iinfor- -* tunate mishap. While ringing the fireball the supports guvo^wfty.^ttbd 4 the bell 'fell; . atrtfring! the doctor's head, and anfiiating •* a somewhat severe scalp Vj^iodyif^e fare glad to hear, hoWevet, that the doctor wiU not be Wid apf#lthppgh-l|« **& a very nartow &mm .1 o*\ D«Pg : :lrilledr- ; < ■■■:■;■„ j\ -...•■;i.. f f{,^ The reflebtioa o^hefire ww very plainly seenip r thji ffty* An^)ii|< "was evident that the of an extensive and serious gh&roejteFtses^. N.Z. Times. .->-« l&k*- -,-:'! m