THE STAR OF GARTER FIRE

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 64, 18 March 1915, Page 6

THE STAR OF GARTER FIRE

SENSATIONAL EVIDENCE AT THE INQUIRY. Oamaru, March 18. At the magisterial enquiry into the circumstances, attending the recent fire at the Star and Garter Hotel, sensational evidence was given by S. B. Clark, a commercial traveller, who deposed that Miss Telfer, a boarder, said to him the afternoon before the fire “Have vou brought your luggage with , you, Mr Clark?” He asked why? Miss Telfer replied: “If yon have much luggage with you to-night, have it ready for getting out.” Being pressed for a reason, Miss Telfer eventually said the Star and Garter was likely to be burned that night, as Mrs Harvey told her two mouths ago that they were losing money. The house was not paying, and the only, thing was to burn it down and get the insurance money. The enquiry is proceeding.