HOTEL DESTROYED.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XIV, Issue 852, 5 July 1906, Page 21

HOTEL DESTROYED.

The Royal Hotel at Tirau, owned by Mr.. F. Rose, and occupied by Mr. E. Smith, was destroyed by fire last week. The fire originated in the upstairs sittingroom about a-quarter past six p.m., and spread with such rapidity that nothing was saved. ' The inmates were all at tea, when they were surprised to hear the pictures falling from the walls of the sittingroom upstairs, and by that time the top floor was enveloped in flames. Nothing could be done to check the fire, and the building was soon demolished. Much sympathy is felt for Mr. Smith, who conducted the house in first-class style, and made himelf deservedly popular with everyone he came in contact with or catered for.