Fire.

Hastings Standard, Volume XII, Issue 4128, 13 April 1909, Page 5

Fire.

HOTEL DESTROYED. PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. Pahiatua, April 13. The Hamua Hotel was destroyed by fire at four o'clock this morning. The only persons sleeping on the premises were the proprietor, Mr Holland, two employees named Mr and Mrs Brown, and a man named John Pryde. The amount of insurance is not yet ascertainable. The origin of the fire is unknown. _ The license of the hotel, which was in the Masterton electorate, expires at the end of June next.