The Evening Post 11 May 1910 reported:
FIRE AT LEVIN.
Three Shops Destroyed.
A fire this morning destroyed three shops with their contents in the centre of the town. The origin of the outbreak is unknown.
P. Stevens, grocer, had all the contents of his shop destroyed, and held an insurance of £350.
Wheatly, stationer, lost all his stock, his insurances amounted to £150.
Campbell, milliner, lost all the contents of the shop, and had an insurance of £100.
The buildings were badly damaged, and whether they were insured or not is not ascertainable. Two of them were owned by H. Campbell, of Norsewood.