TAUMARUNUI BLAZE.
TILE DESTROYED (Bj- Telegraph.—Press Association.) TAUMARUNUT, this day. At five this morning fire broke out in Winetone's roof and tile -works' drying sheds, and the structure work round the eight kilns was destroyed, and the main building reduced to ashes. The fire had a strong hold when the s;l»nn was given, but the brigade eucceeded in saving the engine-sheds and valuable machinery, including a new 100 horsepower boiler. Twenty thousand tilea were destroyed. The same premises were burnt to the ground in October 1919. The damage is estimated at £5600 above the insurance, which is not locally.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 62, 15 March 1922, Page 2
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