FIRE AT COROMANDEL.
We regret to hare to record the total destruction by fire, on Tuesday last, of Mr. W. M. Home's " Junction Hotel, at Coromandel, together with the general store and other buildings. The particulars of the fire have not yet reached us, but we are informed that it is supposed to be the work of an incendiary. The stock, &c., was insured in the JKoyal Insurance Company for £350, and the building for £200, but the policy had expired on the ]7th of last April, and had not been renewed in that office. The stock, however, was subsequently insured in the Northern Insurance Company for £200. Two dastardly attempts had also been made to set fire to the Royal Hotel, at Coromandel, but on both occasions the fire had been detected in time to prevent its doing any damage. It is to be hoped that if this is indeed the work of some malicious individual, and not the result of accident, that he will be detected and punished as he deserves.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume V, Issue 1445, 6 July 1868, Page 3
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