A FATAL FIRE.
< 'A GIBL JBUR^T TODEATHI (PEE PBBBS ASBOOUTIOK.) AUCKLAND, Jaly 4, Barton's Boyal Hotel, Hamilton, was completely destroyed by fire at' 2 a.m. A servant, Bella Cogblin, who slept over tbe kitoben, in whioh the fire started, was bnrnea to ( death, only a lew boneßibeifift found amid the ruins. . A stableman narrowly escaped a similar fate, but was reteued pluokily by an insurance agent nsmed Black, wno dragged him out of the room and carried him downstairs. The gitl was heard Roteamiog for help, but it: was impossible to reaob her, though a man named Clark, tried bard. Tbe insnranee on the'buifding was £100 in the National ; and on the stock and furniture, £6C3 in tbe New Zealand Office.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 2763, 4 July 1894, Page 3
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121A FATAL FIRE. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 2763, 4 July 1894, Page 3
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