A DISASTROUS FIRE.

Clutha Leader, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 91, 4 June 1912, Page 6

A DISASTROUS FIRE.

DEVASTATION AT FOXTON. DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT £IO,OOO. PALMERSTON N., June 2. As the result of a disastrous fire at l (1 oxton on Sunday morning, 12 shops, the Methodist Church, a billiard saloon and a private residence were completely demolished, The places destroyed besides the Methodist Church, the private residence and the billiard saloon were those of Messrs Xewth (confectioner), Osborne (tailor), Bradley (tailor), Henderson and Cunningham. (confectioners), Bullard (saddler), Betty (bootmaker), Woodroffe (butcher), Nye (stationer), Tatton, Son and Boyes (dentists), Healey (chemist), a motor garage and Snow (bootmaker). The fire was discovered about 1 o'clock, when the flames had a good hold. The buildings were close together and there is no brigade or watsr service. Whyte's Hotel, on the opposite side of the road, had a narrow escape. A rough calculation estimates the loss at fully £IO,OOO.