DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.
(Rec, 12.25 p.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. Plant and stock valued at £ 153,000 were destroyed when tiro swept the wooleombing section of the factory of F. W. Hughes, Ply., near Sydney. Eleven fire brigades fought the flames for nearly two hours and slopped the blaze spreading to the adjoining machine rooms and wool-scouring sections, where wool valued at more than £50,000 was stored.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 65, Issue 144, 31 March 1945, Page 4
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