More Info →Whytes Hotel Foxton Fire

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Inscriptionson reverse read: “Whytes Hotel, Foxton, New Zealand. Built in 1876. Burnt down 31st July 1918. 6.30 pm. Damage to block £12,000.” and “Collection of Mr L Heath Levin”

Whytes Hotel Foxton fire 31.8.1918. The hotel burnt to ground after fire broke out at 6.30pm in storeroom and soon spread. The hotel had been built in 1876. It was claimed that the fire was caused by rats.

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