WHERE THE FIRE OCCURRED.
THE INSURANCES.
AN UNLUCKY FAMILY.
Wellington, December 10. Nothing is now standing but briok walls. The whole of the interior of the building was burned clean out.
The outbreak occurred m the kitchen, but the cause is a mystery. Fortunately the night was calm, otherwise the fire might have spread around the vicinity.
The building, which quite recently had been improved by the addition of a large wing facing Dixon Street, was owned by S. Giltner. The building was insured for £12,000; furniture, £4000, m the Commercial Union.
Captain Rose (late Wellington manager of the N.Z. Shipping Co.) and his family, who were staying at the hotel prior to departure for England by the Aorangi to-day lost everything, and will have to postpone their departure indefinitely.
The Misses Rose were only rescued with difficulty.
When the fire was at its height it presented a grand spectacle, lighting up the harbor and surrounding hills for a great distance.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XXXIII, Issue 288, 10 December 1898, Page 2
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