AN EXCITING FIRE

Waikato Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5157, 14 November 1912, Page 5

AN EXCITING FIRE

By Telegraph.—Press Association. Marton, This Day. A disastrous fire occurred in Marton at three o’clock this morning, the White Hart Hotel being totally destroyed. The building was owned by Hatrick and Gibbons of Wan ganui and occupied by H. F. Cameron. Splendid work by the fire brigade saved the Town Hall, White Hart stables and assembly rooms. Boarders and the proprietor lost everything, the only article saved being a motoi cycle belonging to Dalgety and Co., who occupied an office. The offices of Burgess and Co. and the Marton Hockey Club were gutted, but the contents were saved. One wall of the stables was burnt and the stock damaged. There were several narrow escapes and a number sustained burns and shock to their systems. H. F. Cameron waa severely burned on the face and hands. Evadne Cameron, his daughter, has burns on her face and hands. ,T. Mulooney was severely cut and burned and had to be removed to the Wanganui Hospital. J. Barr, Horopito, had his arms and hands burned and suffering from shock.

Mr J. H. Carter received a severe shaking, and J. Carter a sprained ankle. Most of the accidents were sustained through jumping from the balcony. Mr Corkill, Inspector of the Bank of New Zealand, escaped in his night attire through tieing a sheet to the balcony. Mr R. Scott, contractor for the sewerage works, made a sensational rescue of young Cameron, aged seven, whom he found after groping in a bedroom full ot smoke, unconscious on the floor.