FIRE NEAR DUNEDIN.

Colonist, Volume LII, Issue 12682, 29 October 1909, Page 3

FIRE NEAR DUNEDIN.

[ United Phess Association. ] : Dunedin, Oct 28. The Brighton Hotel at Brighton beach, about 12 r miles from Dunedin, w__s totally destroyed by fire at 8.30 this evening, It "wjis an old wooden -building containing ' 14 rooms. /Jr., ; The. fire "isi suppo_ed ; 'to • have been' ? started . by alighted candle ietting fire to the curtains of _ bedroom upstairs.- The upper portion of tfie* building was almost enveloped iri" k fl_-ti_s: before the owners were aware; bfc'tli€> ; outbreak, j The buUdiug and a r portio-i of its con- j tens were -6w__-d' by Messrs Lane and Co.; ;. -jorijial manufacturers., of _ Dime- , din, and the licensee (Charles Cattain„ch) owned a portion of the furniture. It is .understood that: the owners are insuired, -but the amount is not available. The licensee, who saved part of the furniture, had no insurance on his portion of tho contents. .'-• v