FIRE AT RUSSELL
(Press. Assn.
HOTEL AND BOAROINGHQUSE DESTROYED 3UCKET BRIGADE'S EFFORTS
— By Telegraph— Copyright).
WHANGAREI, Monday. A fire at Russell, at five o'clock this morning, destroyed the well-known private hotel known as The Gables and the Dulte of Marlborough Hotel
adjoining. The beach was strewn with furniture saved by willing helpers. A bucket brigade saved Mr. G. F. Baker's residence next to the hotel. The police station was badly scorehed. It was a cairn morning, otherwise a whole block would have been demolished. The fire started in an nnoceupied upstairs room at The Gables, the owner of which is a heavy loser.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 85, 1 December 1931, Page 5
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