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Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 86, 24 October 1877, Page 2

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.; [>Rlfc PKBBS AiJSOOIiSi'JU'ON^r ; '' • ( • " Vl r elltnotos, October. 23.. ' ' A\ fite and •sa&i loss of lifo ; pecuvred ( this j {moriimg-'Ribonfc. loui* o'clock; It brokabufc in^j a' house- '^se to the- Princes Hotel oftoupied | by Mvo-Johnson (..hoso'liusband diedhavshort time ago), and her fi?e. : children three boys and wo giVls. The fire v must • have originated either in ft .vcoin. they' slept' in. or close to it, H was. discovered only, the u^'ppl* part of the HoiisewaS'iivHaines.,, fT he, alarm was given by Reader Wood who, lodges on' the opposite side of t*y'-roafl.' "Ciittlis- who .owned. four oft Mifethou^es, burned, tried, to- force .hjs.Viy into .where Mrq Johnson And ehil'dren were' but ■ !\vuß rlViveft;ba'ck" suffocated by'smofre, fla"ines, a'nd : gas.. Tlie flrenien W£re i th6re,.sh.tt'rp ) .and a large, cw'wft ,an*ioU3 to. tendei? a^sfetance but for over- an houjt'Jnofr a. drop of Watelv was "to bo had 'ib •havinjj been turned oO&'HVthe night before^ Had'i' there been water {he, fire. ppuH have been confilwdjto^onerhouae. After the fire was, got undefj tho bodies. of v Mrs •Johnson and five children wera found 'in. space of. about ejgjit feet pquare. (if lt (^.-3ijpf posed they .wefe suffocated. There are five houses, kitcbstt; aud new' stable, destroyed,. -- '.'besides , a gpod. deal of damage' to Princfis ' Hotel. Most of the furniture of wljiph wus , 5 rgnioved, GaJ/el owned four h0u863,. kitchen ,. and stable., and wis ir.snvcd in tlfo National Compuny,. Losses £1000 on tho tfiroe 'houses. South. British £200 on Gatos' house and furniturn, The funitturo of Cat-<. tel's private holfse insured for, £4oo in the. Now /3'eulan'd. ' 'A' good deal of it wus saved Prinoi's Hotel and furniture was insured for £1500 in the New Zealand. Between the damage to Cuttel's furnilure and hotel, tho Is'uw. oflioo cntimatw its loss ut i'.oOO'

this incluJesall insurances: The most intense feeling of dissatisfaction prevails at tho water having been turned off,'