THE BLENHEIM FIRE.
•-'.. (UNiran/pßEss;^ Blenheim, July 1. • It is feared that f)r Horne, one of the oldest settlers-in , the ..district, perishedinjlie fire at■ the.Criterion Hotel. He is knowu. to ..have llept there, arid nothing can bo heard of hini to-d«y" At first it; was had gone to bid farm, aoaio .miles oat of towji, but that was not the .case." The ruin? have been searched, but no 'body-has yet been • Dr Home was called when tho'; tire '.broke: out, aud/it is reported be got up,, but, all hope of his Beiug alive is-105t,,; _ '.,.
It iB now considered certain that piHorne perished in the Ire.-yestei'day, and the smouldering 'ruins of M Criterion Hotel are.being searched for bia remaitiffr. .
The Union Insurance risks amount to £IBSO, United' Compauy, £1250, Liverpool and. Globe £35,00. -Tbe. estimated loss over insurance sustained by the auffevers by thefire is as follows; Professor Augustus, £1200: Mr Mullen, £1500; Mr Tucker, £1200; Mr Williams, £SOO j 'Oddfellows' Hall, £400.; Girling.aud Co. (dauiuged by removal). £500; Mr Elson,£sooj Mrßigotfc, 1200; Mr Watt, £150; Scott and Co.,- £300;. Mr.. Burns, £400; Mr Eldershaw, L7O: Mr Griffiths, £400; Mr. H6skins, ( LSO; Mr Aduins, L 17 5; 'Mrs'' Templeton, L 75 VMr J. J.' SincWU, L 5600 j Mr Macey, L 300.. ':
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2638, 2 July 1887, Page 2
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210THE BLENHEIM FIRE. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2638, 2 July 1887, Page 2
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