BLENHEIM.
March 25
At 10.30 last night the new church in course of erection for the Wesleyans was discovered on fire in the front part of the building. Before an alarm could be given the whole place was in flames, and in less than half an hour it was burned to the ground. It is not known how the fire originated. The adjoining places were saved by the plucky exertions of a few willing hands, who stood their ground manfully amid shower of sparks. The insurances are—Builder and trustees, £1000 in the National office and the trustees of the church £350 in the Northern office. The contract price for the building was about £1,400.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), 25 March 1881, Page 3
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