FIRES.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRS IN NELI»N.' - : |
-.. (»1M AasOCTATIOW TBWWJUJI.);'^'^'^ . ~ .NELSON, K(niWiW;tfr ■,-j; Another ,thlj ;: .morning, when the (hw*om Hotts© H*ia*. and the Union Company's i»w ufioaa a* the' port were destroyed.': Th© post "o#pl aad other buildings had a nowow esoapoy Only five persons war©' sloeninf in '.ttil: hotel wher© the original, Mr Fraidt Dakin, -the landlord, • and ..Jiiai'. infant, a boy, wd a boarder Biid&'" Mr Dakin was awakened by smok© oroaai ; tho household, and 'all had Jto j*mp feo* an upstairs window, and «lttp« iv taMit night-clothes, th© infant bmg throw* the boy. Mr Dakin wa© much cut an 4 braised. ' Mr* Dakin ■ was <*m«der*Aiy* shaken from the i«mp, and .itolbmMkW also slightly bruised, tat; ah©' iWooY «J*a boarder were uniinrt. , Th© panluvww**!' nothing-, and last £80 ; in :c«ah-v" .Brk4».-i saved his effect*,' except a-'bicycle, sten*© store opposite hid a and was for A time m iMr Akersten, wl«> is an oU rnofl, i* hed--1 ridden, and was removed with.coiisiSeiwl)J#' : s I difficulty. A kerosene store In th© viftw^f;; I was saved titer th© continn«4 rf th#; Brigade..;'. ' '-.''. ' '. ;-" , "-'""; i '.\&-?AJ-sfc\7&J l ■ Th© injtusnoe*' werei—On.Ma**ri : and Co.'a »tor©. whkfc wan/puflSatty;;|fe:> stroyed. 'arO:-^tooTk, : era; ; Office}; ' Union on the furniture in. tli».'-3a%fe!a»JftJa^ml Custom House ■ Hotel on the r £80 oi stock A ■ hoasa Woogiof to Mr GrO*l© .*»*- homed toltußtly. .■.' ■Tb© loo* is IwxuuaiiWa m.ti« Stoddard C»^^v
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 11751, 27 November 1903, Page 5
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