Destructive Fire in Invercargill.
IBy Teleqeaph.] [UNITED PBESB ASSOCIATION.] INTCBCABOHLL, ThIBDAY. The Shamrock Hotel, in Spey-street, occupied by Thos. Scully, was burned down at 4 o'clock this morning. The fire had obtained a good hold before being noticed, and the inmates had only time to escape in their night clothes — some by the fire escapes and others through the windows. One man jumped into » constable's arms. He was ■badly cut in coming through the window, •and afterwards fainted*. The Brigade wore late in reaching the spot, and the water supply deficient. The place was soon demolished, only the walls being left .standing, and these were so much damaged that they wity hare to be polled down. The origin of the firo is -unknown. It broke out in an nsooonpied bcdrpom. - insnmnces': Birfl fling — £700 In the Victorian.* and J2500 in the New Zealand : .futmture' and effects— JE6W in the Phoenix.
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Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 23, 14 June 1886, Page 2
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150Destructive Fire in Invercargill. Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 23, 14 June 1886, Page 2
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