The Evening Post of 31 May 1910 reported:
Fire In A Private Hotel.
Inmates awakened by a cat.
The Dominion Private Hotel, better known as Cheeseman's Hotel, was severely damaged early this morning by fire. The dining room was gutted, and the kitchen and some bedrooms practically destroyed. The occupants were alarmed by the furious efforts of a cat to escape through a window. They had barely time to get. out of the building uninjured, having to grope their way through dense smoke. Both building and contents were partially insured.