LYTTELTON.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2055, 5 August 1875, Page 2

LYTTELTON.

Tuesday. -- - ..A.; fire broke out atdhe Miitro Hjptel at; 8.30 pta. It .arose from the ; se^yants';'. room, and is supposed to have originated' through a candle being left alight and" catching the curtains, and'thusTcpmittun.i-: eating with the roof. . The Fire Brigade. and police worked nobly. At one tinie it,, was thought that the fire must proceed up Canterbury street, but owing to the great exertions used, and the blank, space between the Mitre ]lotel .and Briddet's: stables, its progress was-checkedHii-that^ direction.- Meanwhile a -^number of people had been employee!! in pulling dbvrti Mr 'Eobihson^s^Xsailmaker) shop, which ;was bC Dri^Macdpnald's house next ;dopr^ had.;;a:"^ery narrow, escape, and- was on:;fife times, but owing, to the streflubfis^xer tions of the brigade and^ otEer~?assistahts, was saved. V;Had; the}; Jwindv^been in any other; quarter,;;pr blown%af||pe stronger, iao.doubt thel fire3^mi^|^aye;spread. The stbckr;andTftirnjtutefa^ jointly by .Meslrs'Sau^ders^ari^^aT^m^ Co., for' £65$an;;the Ndtibnal^fiTice, jjut it could notbe ascertained.ifr;tbee;buiiding, which is the property : of^^ MtJ"j.ST^.uPeacpck,was fuliyd.insured.:;;JTher|^\va^|*n; immense^ glare :that illui^i^te^iik^t^ it • nbi^b^^r^^ \ poiice|; afg^at^^eal^f;i;^aluablp^prppe^| M^]i^h"Sy^b"eej^^^J|^dSi^^ '- •d£m^e^ :^s£j!^^ i|^|iVai«^tterly^e^rb^ed ,■ other dama go dpne. The Mitre was the oldest hpfQli-pn Canterbury^:; and was built in 1882;* and efcaped the grVaV fire of October,-jL87:0?; -f^eaclyererj inhabitant of ''^yttettott>^as'''-pres*ent; 1""" 'The Christchurch' fire "engine was sent for at* 8.45, but the order was countermanded. All; danger was over at 10 p.m. The estimated damage is £6,000, partially covered by insurance. The National and British are sufferers.