FIRE IN HOTAL

Press, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 26746, 2 June 1952, Page 6

FIRE IN HOTAL

DAMAGE TO STAFF QVARTfcRS ROOM GUTTED; CONTEJM. DESTROYED Four units of the Central Fir# gade were called to a fire in th» Quarters of' ffte Clanfendoh Motel, fl*, ford terrace, at 3.66 p.m. yestenhy, Tffe r6dm Iri which the fife state 66 flte riouth-basf coffief df (Ke g® ing, was gutted, and all the content, including, fWq dabin trunks, five feais'eS a fete model electric ttot the setorid cook at the hotel, was o® Thd alarm was, given simultaneous by ri parsing motorist who telephaS the’ brigade from the Centfal jSJ Station, and by a hotel steward telephoned after being informed of tb outbreak by a. group of sold lers wi Z had, noflebd siriMce coming from th! Irtrfldirig. Thb loMiers helped membS Of thb staff td remove mattreff blankets, suitcases, furniture, and oer jonal belongings from The brigade arrived within thrw dririutbs of feteiVihg the can. 16 the fig M-of-way running the Public Trust Offices, and fought fire from the south side.. At least tv. separated frdin the fire by an etaS. feet high brick wall and a sjSfe J riWßtrf 15 fefet, Were badly CradSF ’ From Mrs Ryder’s bedroom, fife fasprriad f& ffte rear M the bulk store, ah adjoining bedroom wfoh vta teol bfefhre rihy 6t the spirt# j n X store had time to ignite, but the he»t probably ruined dozens of bottles of liqueurs and champagnes, ahd the label* on most of the bottles were oKftetet4 and the tinsel coverings ahd seals wZ. discdidttfed by the effects of sftek. and .wattff.- A nuttlber of rase* , Althbugh the flffe spread rib fitfffia. first effia seebhd storfeyi bftt building Were .filled With Mota aS the vegetable horise and the itew boffi o? Whieh are beside the SS Store, wrife also, badly miffitefl No estiffidfe di the damage etegL made, said the manager offta W Mt D. S. A. Weir, last rin assessor had made a survey.