DEATH FROM BURNS
HOTEL FIRE TRAGEDY From Our Oxen Correspondent NELSON, Today. The boarder in the Belgrove Hotel, destroyed by fire on Monday night, who was badly burned while escaping from the flames, died in the Nelsop Public Hospital yesterday afternoon. His name was John Galvin. There were no fire-fighting appliances at Belgrove. and the hotel, a wooden building 23 years old, burned furiously, the glare from the flames being see at Stoke IS miles away. Several other boarders received slight burns, but none was seriously injured. John Galvin, who was aged 35, was formerly assistant station master at Mangatainoka. He was educated at the Kukanui aiul Pahiatua schools, where he was very popular. He left the Pahiatua district several years ago. His father died lately, but his mother and members of his family live in Pahiatua.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNAK19300409.2.111
Bibliographic details
Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 943, 9 April 1930, Page 10
Word Count
137DEATH FROM BURNS Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 943, 9 April 1930, Page 10
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Sun (Auckland). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in