FIRE AT FOXTON
NINE BUILDIHGB DESTROYED.
'A dteastroiTS fire broke out at Foxton at an, emrly Ihour yesterday marning, reefuil'Ung in the destruction of several buildings in the principal •business thoroughfare. 'According' to tihc- New .Zealand Tunes, the outbreak began . just •north of White's Hotel. A! foirisk southerly wind prevailed, winch eaved the ihotel, driving the flames northward.
As the town lias no fire brigade and no water supply the residents, wore ■unable to present any practical ;re'3iistanee to 1 the fire, which spread rapidly.
The following places 'we.re destroyed : E,racist Phil's 'tobacconist .shop and liairdr.eissing saloon.
G. Siminond's cycle shop. C. Gaidar and "Sons' jewellery shop. •Hurt's jewellery and ..bopk -shop. 11. Moore',sl solicitor's office. Mm Nye's stationery depot. Wanklyn'.s fruit .shop. J. Wall's bakery. G. H. Stiles' drapery shop.
The fire- fiend has 1 hit Foxton liard. & the latst 'few yea.rc. Only a fortnight ago tho Bank of New Zealand
; -nd odjroninft buildings were burned, , and a few week*' previously a dozen . shops, a cliurcli, and a, residence were, destroyed. ■ln 1905 iSie bank bloci; war, burned right out, and •about two years prior | (to that the block that suffered this , (morning was swept. i
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10676, 24 July 1912, Page 6
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197FIRE AT FOXTON Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10676, 24 July 1912, Page 6
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