HOTEL DESTROYED
STABLES AND SERVICE STATION ALSO RAZED WANGANUI, July 31. One c" the oldest land marks on the west coast of the North Island, the Ben Nevis hotel, 14 miles south of Wanganui, was totally destroyed by fire between 4 and 5 o’clock this morning. The old coaching stables to the hotel and a nearby service station were also destroyed. But for the action of the Marton Volunteer Fire Brigade, which travelled 14 miles to the scene, the residence of the proprietor of the service station would have been destroyed. The brigade connected a suction hose to a nearby stream aui saved the dwelling. Mrs Grace Kenny, of Mosston. Wanganui, who was staying at the hotel, was injured when making her escape, and was admitted to the Wanganui Hospital. Her condition is fairly serious.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21103, 1 August 1938, Page 8
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