HOTEL RAZED
OITCFAXTS' XAKBOW ESCAPE. i PALMEHSTOiN NORTH BLAZE. Per~Press Association. PALMERSTO.N NORTH, This Day. A disastrous lire occurred at 8.30 this morning, when a large portion of the Occidental Hotel was completely destroyed and the remainder gutted. The licensee, Mr A. C. Bradley, his wife, live employees, and eight boarders who were on the premises had difficulty in escaping, a Chinese cook being severely burned about the face and arms. The building was an old landmark, and -was , owned by the Borough Council who leased it to Mr T. Dwan. Other premises in the same block saved by the brigade were those of Messrs Crystall (tobacconistJ, Just (nurseryman), VVorrall (bootmaker), Byers (confectioner). The stock of Mr JJ. M. George suffered from water. The insurances are not available. Be prepared.—See that you hove adequate Fire insurance. Consult the Ocean, Accident and Guarantee Corporation, next to Gaw's Chemist. — Sidm>v Ward, representative.
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Stratford Evening Post, Issue 3, 7 May 1927, Page 5
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