DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT ASHBURTON.
♦ f united pbess association. ) Aphbtjrton, This Day. A fire broke out at WatWs Temperance Hotel this morning at two o'clock. The hotel was burnt to the ground in a short time. - - The fire also caught Baker and Brown's coach factory, which also was destroyed. One lodger in the boarding-house was extricated with difficulty. He was much cut and burnt. Mr. and Mrs. Watts were absent at the time, and two children were rescued by a lodger. The insurance on the hotel (Baker and Brown, owners) is -South British, 45300 ; Standard, 45300 ; furnitureUnion, 45200; factory insurance— .£2so, in the South British. The stock was uninsured. The origin of the fire is unknown. Baker and Brown are heavy losers.
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Evening Post, Volume XXI, Issue 111, 13 May 1881, Page 2
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121DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT ASHBURTON. Evening Post, Volume XXI, Issue 111, 13 May 1881, Page 2
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