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Foxton Main Street Fire Damage, 1912

Photograph is attached to a piece of white paper which has the following inscription: “After the 1912 fires Walls erected a temporary shed. Presbyterian Church and old Town Hall can be seen at left. In foreground picket fence of the Methodist Church still stands.

Scene after fire on eastern side of Main Street Foxton in 1912. In the foreground the site of the fire on the western side of Main Street, also in 1912, has been partly cleared. The picket fence of the Methodist Church remains standing.Whytes Hotel is the two storied building on the eastern side of the street.

Any use of this image must be accompanied by the credit “Foxton Historical Society”

Foxton fire

Inscription on reverse reads: “June 3rd 1912. Foxton Fire. From Mr Healey of Bondi Australia.

Scene after fire on the western side of Foxton’s Main Street June 1912. Properties between Perreau’s tearooms and the Post Office were all destroyed.

Any use of this image must be accompanied by the credit “Foxton Historical Society”

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