["A Carnarvon Fire", The Western Mail (Perth, WA), Friday 20 June 1913, page 20]

A CARNARVON FIRE.

Carnarvon, June 18.

The inquest into the circumstances surrounding the fire at the Carnarvon Hotel was concluded to-day before Dr. Foss, R.M., and a jury, a verdict that the fire was accidentally caused being returned. Dr. Foss deprecated the malicious stories that had been circulated regarding the cause of the fire, and said that there was absolutely no evidence of the motive.