MORE INCENDIARISM.
ANOTHER HOTEL BURNED DOWN NEAR AEAROA.
[By Telegraph.]
Christchurch, August 29.
The alarm created in Akaroa by the fires yesterday has been intensified by another fire this morning. Shortly before two o’clock the Somerset Hotel and outbuildings, situate at the head of the Bay, were burned to the ground. In this instance the incendiary had to deal with an empty structure. No one, so far as is at present known, had recently been living or sleeping on the premises, owing to the fact that the lessee neglected to obtain a renewal of his license. It is naturally supposed that this new act of incendiarism is the work of the same person who fired 1 the hotels at Akaroa yesterday. The buildings were insured in the Liverpool, London aad Globe office.
Waeckerlie’s Hotel, destroyed yesterday, was insured as follows : —The building for £4OO, and the furniture for £2OO, in the Liverpool, London and Globe office. Mr Bayley, the proprietor, estimates his loss at £2OOO over and above the insurances.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2941, 29 August 1882, Page 2
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