RESTAURANT FIRE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 285, 30 October 1933, Page 7

RESTAURANT FIRE.

OUTBREAK IN WELLINGTON. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Oct. 30. A restaurant in Cuba Street was considerably damaged by fire early this morning. A policeman gave the alarm and the four occupants of the room above escaped in tlieir night attire on to the verandah of the Hotel Bristol adjoining, in which three boarders in the northern wing, almost above -the seat of the fire, were driven from their rooms by fire, smoke and water, one losing ail his possessions. The good work of the brigade saved the hotel which, along with the restaurant, is owned by Messrs G. and F. Loudon, of Petone. Mr Joseph Arnerish, the proprietor of the restaurant, was covered by a policy of £2160 on the furniture, fittings and stock. STABLES DESTROYED. ASHBURTON BLAZE. Per Press Association. ASHBURTON, Oct. 30. A fire, apparently of incendiary origin, occurred at Mr William Morgan’s ’stables and outbuildings at Methven op Saturday night, when the building, with four traction engine trailers, was destroyed. Insurances on the buildings were for £l6O and on the waggons for £3OO. An adjoining house was unoccupied. A peculiar feature is that the remains of a gig in a stall were identified as having been removed from a section in an adjoining street, and the seat of the fire was apparently about the gig.