BIG FIRE AT HOKATIKA Ł6,000 DAMEGES.
Hokitik v, May 7. A i \K(.i the took place at. half-pa-t on 0 tin- morning. Hansons Post Office Hotel" E\an- lied Lion Hotel (large tuo stoiey building), the Hardwaie Company.-* shop,' Mallun and Ciay •> timbci >mul, and a pottion ot the t-hop with all the outbmidinti^ weie destuned. The hie ongiiiated in an up^taiis 100 m at the I'o-t Oiliee Hotel, next ll.udwaie Co., and the tlame> spread \s ith LeniLle iapidit\ , the inmates onl> €sea{)in^ m their ni^htclothe?. Blown, (iauj^htoi ot. Mr Ilou^en, pioprietoi ot the I'.O Hotel, jumped tiom an up^tan^ window with an intant in iiei amis, spiainin^ hci ankle, an 1 liaetuiinjr >-mall iione^, be-ide-Mistaimn;^ other mjune^ No othei aeci dent- aie lepoited. Malhoy- and ( taig'- -hop l- much mjmed, and al=o the laise pioduee stoic occupied h\ Hcndei-on. The conceit hal attai lied to the Pu-t OHk c Hotel w a^ de-ti o} td. The l'o-t Otiiee on the oppoMlc Mdc ot the-tieet wa- -coichcd, ami the iuinitiiie i uiriLd b.\ watci The in-uiance- aie \ci\ low, \ i/ ■ — J'ost OHice Hotel, 1500 in tlio J]([uitable and C 250 in the Standaid ; ilaidwaie Companj, L"830 in the \'ictoua, reiriMiied tor f 350 in the .Noiwieh Union . L'loo m the Impeiial : Hendei -oil's, -toie owned by Malpie\ and CraijT C 250 in the In) penal. The total lo- i- between €5,000 and 16,000, and thi. m-urance= total €1,750.
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Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 262, 9 May 1888, Page 4
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238BIG FIRE AT HOKATIKA Ł6,000 DAMEGES. Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 262, 9 May 1888, Page 4
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