DISASTROUS INTELLIGENCE.
GKREAT FERE AT G-EEYMOXJTH.
£60,000 WORTH OF PEOPEETY DESTROYED,
AND THREE BANKS BURNT TO THE GffiOTJND.
GREAT DESTRUCTION OF PROPEB IT.
HTJNDKEDS EEDTJCED TO POVERTY.
BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
Hokitika, Friday, June 11th, 10 a.m.
A great fire has taken place at Greymouth. The Bank of New South Wales is burned to the ground. Sixty thousand pounds worth of other property is totally destroyed. The Union Bank of Australia, and the Bank of Australasia, are completely destroyed. Johnson's Hotel, and several other buildings, are also burned to the ground.
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Tuapeka Times, Volume II, Issue 70, 12 June 1869, Page 3
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90DISASTROUS INTELLIGENCE. Tuapeka Times, Volume II, Issue 70, 12 June 1869, Page 3
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