FIRE AT OPOTIKI.

Taihape Daily Times, 4 June 1919, Page 4

FIRE AT OPOTIKI.

MYSTERY OF A BULLET HOLE. OPOTIKI, this day A fire started in the heart of the town this morning in shops owned by Mr. J. C. Arthur and occupied by Messrs. H. E. Battle, bootmaker; J. Stoptoe, saddler, and a building owned and occupied by Mr. Banner, tobacconist, which were completely destroyed. The insurances totalled All the occupiers are heavy losers. The brigade was promptly on the scene, and prevented the spread of fire to the adjoining buildings. A largo plate glas s window in a shop on the opposite side of the street, owned by W. Oates, was shattered, a distinct bullet hole remaining in a portion The heat from the fire was not considered sufficient to break the window The police are investigating.