NEW MILL BURNT.
CORNFLOUR STOCKS DESTROYED, (P.A.) CHRISTCHURCH, Aug. 25. Fire gutted the factory of Provita Mills, Ferry Road, early this afternoon. Stocks and machinery valued at between £BOOO and £9OOO were desti*oyed, and only the' brick walls of the building remain. The factory Avas carrying abnormally large stocks, including a consignment of cornflour for the North Island. Production had only recently been commenced with a new American system for producing cornflour, which was expected to treble the factory’s output. Special temperature recording instruments and other valuable Continental and American machinery were also a total loss.
The fire started in the drying duct in the cornflour plant and, fanned by a strong south-west wind, soon gained a good hold .on the building. The insurances on the stock and machinery ai*e not expected to cover the loss.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19430826.2.11
Bibliographic details
Ashburton Guardian, Volume 63, Issue 271, 26 August 1943, Page 2
Word Count
136NEW MILL BURNT. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 63, Issue 271, 26 August 1943, Page 2
Using This Item
Ashburton Guardian Ltd is the copyright owner for the Ashburton Guardian. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Ashburton Guardian Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.