ANOTHER ARE IN BROADWAY.

Inangahua Times, Volume VII, Issue 1035, 13 January 1882, Page 2

ANOTHER ARE IN BROADWAY.

Mr A. Kaler, and known as trty Ex- . «bWBL J afcel, Jj^^^buttrt tojhe . ground, kk far as can be ascertained the : fire was ft at noticed^*- about 20 minutes, past 5 o slock on Weanesday morning Jaat.- Jt. ; rets then just breaking through the roof of a building adjoining the Exchange Hotel. Mr Kater, or some other person in the hotel, fortunately saw the danger in time, and were enable to give the alarm, and rouse the inmates. After -Crying Mfti "f feviral times/ Mr [Ka^ sent one ofjiiis'sohß to ring the fire-bell, as there wm not a soul about the streets. In the meantime the fire spread like magic, and, the slumbering inmates of the hotel had barely time to escape when the hotel jcaught, and in a very few minutes was wrapped in flames. The fire engtoejttas got out, but {here was muon trelayijli running bUy the'mJßof *&tta. by the time the engine was in working order the fi&waa wholly beyond control, and all the .brigade could do was to play upon the fronts of the houses on the opposite side fof the street, and by this means no doubt prevented a much more serious disaster, as both the National Bank, the OddfeHewß^HaHrand a cottage occupied by Mr C. Mirfin were for some time in peril. In about half-an-hour the Exchange Hotel as well as the adjoining building in which the fire originated were reduced to ashes. Fortunately the two houses were detached, so that the risk of the fire spreading was not so great asjttvWQftlg^r otfawwis^-fcave beta. Mr saved buUvery'&tle, «rtatfthin» beyond a small quantity of bedding, some stock from the cellar, and a few articles of furniture, being consumed. The origin of the fire is a mystery. The building in which it occurred had been untenanted for some, ve«w^ but Jatterly .a man named had Deen sleeping in it. The building was the property of Mr J. Trennery, and was uninsured. An enquiry will probably be held. The Exchange Hotel, stock, and furniture, were insured for «sv? ijeiland; Oftoe, t«t the latter had, we believe, reinsured for £300 in the Victoria. Mr Kater had only recently purchased the Exchange Hotel for £850, and since' that time had im'it cbnßide t W%/be fl i«re9 acWfeg largely to the stock and furniture, so that his loss over and above the insurance" must be considerable.