GREAT FIRE AT HOKITIKA.
£30,000 WORTH OF PROPERTY
DESTROYED
HOKITIKA
Sunday, 5.20 p.m
There was a great fire in Revellstreet, north, at 5, o'clock this morning.
Seventeen houses were burnt, and two pulled down.
The fire broke out in Levy's oyster saloon, and took the Casino, the Rising Sun, Meyersteins (ironmongers), Moss (stationer), Ramnge (tailor), Cavill (confectioner), Southland Hotel (Hansen's), Ross (fruiterer), Goldstein, (clothier), Webb (fruiterer), Oriental Hotel, Johnstone (ironmonger), Osborne (watchmaker), Hawore (ironmonger), Tilbrook (printer), Last (dentist). The estimated loss is £30,000.
Immense damage has been done by the removal of stock. The firo brigade behaved splendidly.
The wind was happily light, and chopped favorably to enable both sides to bo subdued.
The cause of the fire is unknown ; it is believed to have been a foul chimney.
Cassius is the heaviest loser ; his property destroyed was worth £3000, and was not insured.
The fire is aU out now; ifc burned
two I-ours
An enquiry will be held. I\ To lives were lost, but three people were injured by the fall of houses. One Gawno, a grocer, was seriously hurt, but is now out of danger.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume III, Issue 665, 21 July 1869, Page 2
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187GREAT FIRE AT HOKITIKA. Wanganui Herald, Volume III, Issue 665, 21 July 1869, Page 2
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