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Nelson Historical Society Journal, Volume 6, Issue 6, 2008
1 1857: September 20 (Sunday)
1 1857: September 20 (Sunday)
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Details:
Fire in the Aorere Hotel (opened April 1857, owner N. T. Lockhart), 'totally consumed' its kitchen, at an unspecified time of "night'. Worse damage was avoided by 'a large number of men … overturning a building which had been used as a store', which stopped the fire spreading. The heaviest sufferers were two diggers who lost their clothes as well as two watches.
Sources:
Nelson Examiner , 26 Sept 1857, p. 2 ('Fire at Collingwood'). The article does not mention the name of the hotel, but describes it as 'premises belonging to Mr Lockhart'. An advertisement in the Nelson Examiner, 22 Apr 1857, p. 1, establishes the link between Lockhart and the Aorere Hotel.