FIRE AT HASTINGS.
Per Press Association. Hastings, May 6. Mr New biggin went through the building a-t 1 a. in. and everything appeared safe. He surmises that the coal stacked alongside the boiler caught fire. Only the books were saved. The Fire Brigade formed a bucket brigade owing to no water being available for the steamer. Insurances : Stock, £4OO in the Alliance: building, £SSO in the National. The cellars and stores- were heavily stocked, and it is estimated the loss will be fully £2OO over insurances.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9138, 6 May 1908, Page 5
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86FIRE AT HASTINGS. Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9138, 6 May 1908, Page 5
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