Flames Cross Lambton Quay.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 12003, 22 October 1906, Page 5

Flames Cross Lambton Quay.

Fine Work by Fire Brigade. < Later. The strong wind carried a spark across the street, which lodged under the eaves of the New Zealand Insurance buildings, which were soon doomed. The flames spread from here to Beaden's restaurant and the Alliance Insurance Company's premises. The Trocadero and Commercial Hotels are totally demolished. The fine new building of the Bank of New South Wales was erected only last year at a cost of .£40,000. The old Exchange buildings, and the Post Office Savings Bank also caught, but the incipient fires were put out. For a long time there was practically no water, and it was pitiable to watch the Brigade struggling valiantly at what seemed the hopeless task of checking the fire.