THE FIRE AT OPUNAKE.
[By Telegraph.]
Hawera, May 29. The only particulars re the Opunako fire, by which Prosser’s Hotel was destroyed, as yet to hand, are that the fire commenced about three o’clock at the west end of the building. Some shavings in Duffield’s furniture shop on the opposite corner, caught fire, but it was fortunately discovered in time, otherwise there is no doubt several buildings between Dufiields and Crowther’s would have gone. The cause is not known. The building was destroyed with extraordinary rapidity. The fire was first noticed about half-past three, and by four o’clock the building was totally destroyed, there being a strong wind blowing at the time. Whether the fire broke out in the billiard room or store-room appears to be a mystery. A quantity of furniture was saved, but nothing of any great value.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 3790, 30 May 1885, Page 2
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