GREAT FIRE AT OHAKUNE.
TWENTY SHOPS DESTROYED
OUTBREAK!
VERY ; HEAVY DAMAGE, . .CAUSED.
(PelMpr&s' A»SoeiJf_i'6n^^r4 a • ' v TAll^lpfe A disastrous fire occurred at Ohakune originating m the Defence Office at 12.3Q this morning. Twenty. shops apd their contents, m the, business cejijre di tne town, w,ere completely despbyed. . In the absence of water, .and fire-fight- 4 "'"' ing facilities the fire brigade and- public were helpless m stemming the flames. A stiff breeze carried the fife till there was. nothing further to burn 'm Its" course. _ ■■-'''< > ')■ ' Nothing remains but a mass" 1(3 charred and smouldering wreckage, - i 7 The insurances are not known, but the" damage done, will run well into .five hgures. 7 ;
The origin is Unknown. " Y--< ■ „ The buildings . destroyed >ere : Ly ttlav ' painter s shop and, duelling ; Gould, soli' citor; ; Goodman, confectioner,,. shop aid* dwelling;- *Anders<_n, secondhand dealelf/' shop. ; and Tdwelling ;^ Forsythp, " boW seller, jß h&>,, dwelling; three- unoccupied |hops V Mrs -Hook/confectioner, shop and rdwelling;, Btitler- drapery • and storerooms A.- H; Duokirig, grocer, and dwelling; Coffey, bilil * rd^W7and dwelling, liairdre^ing " saJoori and tobacconist . shop ; Turner shop ; ■-. two^empty shops, 'Lee-- Chbhg! fruiterer; Keily^shc^j De-fehco Offic* and gymnasmm^AUen and>;Co.,: but-' d-em&t-Y^ "'T^ ''* O P-»-''9^nihg_u«&;. drapery shop was ' the ; best ;_ii ;'2;.^' vTheYire^et ftish alight? Which is still burning. y
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14448, 7 November 1917, Page 2
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209GREAT FIRE AT OHAKUNE. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14448, 7 November 1917, Page 2
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