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The Royal Hotel fire happened during the middle of the day. The fire also caused considerable damage to adjoining shops. Edward Hupe, porter at the hotel, was arrested on a charge of attempting to burn it down.

Identification

Object type
Image
Digitisation ID
2007N_Fi9_A-E_0306
Title
Crowd watching fire at Royal Hotel
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Fi 9
Held In
Coolstore

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Creation

Created By
Place
Palmerston North
Date
March 17, 1909

Object rights

Credit Line
Palmerston North Libraries and Community Services
License
No Known Restrictions

Taxonomy

Tags
activities and events,
bicycle,
crowd,
disaster,
event,
flames,
horse,
palmerston north,
photographs,
smoke,
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