EIRE IN HOTEL
BOARDER SUFFOCATED. WELLINGTON TRAGEDY'. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Aug. 16. Shortly after 11.15 o’clock this morning, a. fire broke out in the Greslram Hotel, on Lambton Quay. A boarder in tho hotel named Cameron, who went back to get his money was suffocated. He w'as found dead in one of the passages on the second floor, with only his singlet on, which suggests that he was in bed when the fire started. The fire, which is thought to have started .at the back of the building, did considerable damage before it was extinguished. It is believed that deceased arrived fly the south boat to-day.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 223, 16 August 1930, Page 10
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107EIRE IN HOTEL Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 223, 16 August 1930, Page 10
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