HOTEL FIRE
mil LOSES HIS LIFE [Per United Press Association.] GRETMOUTH, November 16. Tho Midland Railway Hotel at Totara Flat was destroyed by fire early this morning. It was an old two-story building of twenty-five rooms. Nothing was saved. Michael Robinson, aged twenty-four, who ivas staying for the night, was fatally burnt. He was a son of _Mr Arthur Robinson, a county councillor All tho other occupants escaped uninjured. The hotel was owned and occupied by Mr W. M'Vicar, and was insured in the Atlas Office for £l,lOO. The building and contents at £1,300) were bought by the M'Vicars quite recently.
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Evening Star, Issue 19407, 16 November 1926, Page 5
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101HOTEL FIRE Evening Star, Issue 19407, 16 November 1926, Page 5
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