FATAL FIRE.
FIREMAN KILLED AT FEILDING. A HOTEL GUTTED. By Teleuraph— Press Association. FEILDING. October 5, A big tire, attended with fatal results, occurred here between one and two o'clock this morning, when Feilding Hotel, a brick building, finished four years ago at a cost of £B,OOO, was gutted, leaving the walls standing. The fire started in an unoccupied bedraom upstairs, and spread through the roof and walls. The fire brigade, with a strong pressure of water available, confined the flames to the upstairs bedroom. Whilst holding a nozzle on a landing at the head of the stairs inside the building, Fireman D., Williamson was instantly killed by a chimney collapsing and falling on him. Several other firemen, including Superintendent Saywell, were within a few feet of the spot. The insurances were:—On the building, £3,000 in the Commercial Union, ar.-d £3,000 in the Queensland. On the furniture and stock, £2,800 in the Commercial Union Mr H. P. H Grave, chief inspector for New Zealand of the United Insurance Company, waß present at the fire, and was an interested spectator.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9613, 6 October 1909, Page 5
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179FATAL FIRE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9613, 6 October 1909, Page 5
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