A HOTEL BURNED.
Per Press Association. OHRISTCHURCH, August 18. On Saturday afternoon, while J. Fox, the proprietor of the Zetland Arms, Hotel, and most of his family were away at the races, the building took fire in the linen closet upstairs, and the whole place was gutted, and most of the furniture and stock burned. The building was the property of Fletcher, Humphreys, and Co., and was insured for £875, equally divided between the Imperial and the North British ; £1,000 an the stock and furniture in the Imperial, half reinsured. The Zetland Arms was one of the oldest wooden hotels, and had been ordered to be rebuilt no the last annual meeting of the Licensing Committee.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 19 August 1901, Page 2
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116A HOTEL BURNED. Wanganui Chronicle, 19 August 1901, Page 2
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