Fires.
Auckland,. February 16
The Kaihu Hotel was destroyed by fire late last -night. All the inmates eucap-d except twogumdig,rers, who were seriously injured. The with great rapidity, and nothing in the hotel was saved. Dunedin, Feb. 16.
Just before midi light an outbreak of fire was noticed in Ross’ Buildings, in the Octagon, by a night watchman and Constable Baker. The brigade was very promptly on the spot, and mastered the fire. Had the fire got hold of the building before being discovered, the probabilities are that serious loss of life would have occurred, as did in this very spot in 1879. Captain Mitchell, of the Fire Brigade, describes the rooms as a collection of horseboxes, connected with dark and narrow passages.
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 110, 19 February 1901, Page 3
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123Fires. Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 110, 19 February 1901, Page 3
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