DISASTROUS FIRE AT HASTINGS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2089, 15 January 1908, Page 2

DISASTROUS FIRE AT HASTINGS.

alleged incendiarism AN ARREST MADE. Press Association. v T r ~ NAPIER, January 14,. ? re «taurant by Mr. M. Johnson and s;,™ «wa, 'las'";-;: O-hJf restaurant had caught, •Jnu.g t-o some slight mishap it- was ™ t en mui utes before the water j: ‘I be , Sot and during that time the fire had spread to Harthorn and }} food’s on one side and T. M Robertson s fruiterer, on the other ' K, f- A further stoppage of -the "ed*'the I ’fi SSU + e f ° r - five minutes enah- i led the fire to gam n further hold. ioZd U T lt r aft « r Y ards the brigadc had the fire well m hand though t- continued to burn for nearly two were 6 5 , • P St ° f tba buildings for +h d ’ PF obabl .V accounted urn-H raP T y , wltk which the flames '■ wer« vr bnsi ? esses burnt out Ha ''tshorn and Wellwood, land JahnlVn Geol ' S ° Elbett ’ Heitor; ' Johnston, restaurant j Edgar Lewis jeweUer; H. Christian, bicycle shop , Schaffer, tobacconist; F. Cassln. iloon aS w ; t F ‘ billiard F™’ ”°‘» ter » baker; Fraser and , Fagan, tea importers; Reynolds and Co Ineycle agents; T. M. Robertson, I rer - 1 Hyde and Co’s billiard saloon at the rear of Robertson’s and opening out into the Grand'hotel right-of-way was badly damaged bv nre and water, but the two billiard tables seem to have escaped inJ'. u ’- V ;. In connection with the firo Jlartm Johnson, proprietor of tho Oliver Grid was arrested this evening on a charge of alleged arson.