From the Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald, Saturday 23 July 1904.

Folkestone a Temperance hotel destroyed by fire.

The "Minnehaha Temperance Hotel" and boarding house, and establishment standing on top of the cliffs overlooking Folkestone Warren, was completely destroyed by fire on Friday afternoon.

The position is very isolated, and when the fire brigade arrived they found that the nearest pond was dry, and their hose was too short to run to the next, 1,300 yards away. Before more could be got from Folkestone the destruction was complete. The loss which included all the belongings of the guests staying at the hotel, is only partly covered by insurance.