Fire at Hokitika.
THE STATE SCHOOL BURN ED . : -.. x .. DOWN..- :- i> .^:, : ] (UNITED PBEBS ASSOCIATION) ' . . -Hokitika, Thursday. ■ The State School wag burned down thi« morning at 3 o'clock.,; The cjiujfo of "_ the tire is unknown, but incendiarism is suspected, or it might have been" caused through boys getting uuderueath. The building was closed for* the holidays. The caretaker was m the building on Monday. The; town lamp-lighter passed the premises at 12 o'clock last night.and there was no sign of fire.. There is no water m the neighbourhood, and the brigade hose, though 2000 feet long, is about 600 feet too Bhort, or else the principal portion of the building' coiild^ have been saved. A lot of fittings *got out of the library have beeD destroyed. The building cost about £4000.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1603, 8 January 1886, Page 4
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130Fire at Hokitika. Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1603, 8 January 1886, Page 4
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