Hotel Destroyed by Fire.
(own correspondent.) Mercer, Friday. Mr F. Murray’s hotel at Pokeno was totally destroyed by fire at half-past 3 p.m. on Wednesday. Very little furniture was saved. The fire is supposed to have originated on the outside of the shingled roof, and the back .portion Of the -building, . ■ caused by some sparks falling from the kitchen chimney on to the roof. The kitchen was a small building at the back of the hotel, which was attached by a hall. The chimney of the kitchen was not as high as the roof of the hotel building. The hotel was insured for / 500. The furniture and stock were instif'ed for .£4OO in the New Zealand Insurance Company’s office. Mr Murray is considered to be a heavy loser.' [Mi Murray is well known in this district as the late proprietor of the Settler’s Hotel, and universal regret will be felt for his mishap.] . . .
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Poverty Bay Independent, Volume I, Issue 88, 19 December 1885, Page 2
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