DISASTROUS FIRE

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 296, 24 January 1910, Page 5

DISASTROUS FIRE

AT WANfIANUI. THE RUTLAND DESTROYED. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wnnganui, Last Night. A serious fire occurred just before midnight on Saturday. An assistant wis working in tTie shop of Mr. Davis, jeweller, in the Rutland Hotel buildings, when the gas failed. Ill' lit a match, •with the result that a terrific explosion | occurred. How the man got out of t!ie •building is a mystery. The explosion was followed by fire, the flames rushing with remarkable rapidity into the Rutland Hotel, and in n Jew minutes the upper stork's of the hotel were blazinv fiercely. One small wing was uninjured. but the rcniaind.T of the building was ruined by fire and .writer. , . Tile insurances sn far availaole re as follow--: —On the building £7OOO, distributed as follows: i/iverpool, London mid niobe £2OOO, R"val Exchange. £looo. Allianec £IOOO. North Rritish £IOOO. and Phoenix £SOO. The contents of tho hotel were insured for £2040 in the i{,ival Exchange. Da.vis ir- insured, it i; believed for £'2so in the New bmd. which office holds a similar risk o;i the contents oi the elinri of Aynsiey. tobacconist and hairdresser. If vour property is not insured eall at or rin<* lip the United Insurance Pom pa nv. Ltd.. Devon Street. Telephone 10S. Webster Bros, district agents, iv sura nee effected on the most favorable terms. —Advt.