FIRE IN MAIL VAN.
TWELVE HAMPERS LOST.
PARCELS AND NEWSPAPERS
MUCH DAMAGE BY WATER
(By Telegraph. — Press Association.)
IWLMERSTOX X., this day
Twelve hampers of South Island mail, consigns! I" Wanjjanui and Taranuki, was destroyed l>\ lire in a railway wagon at the Koputana railway station 0 n Monda, afternoon. Xhe mail consisted of parcels and newspapers. The lire broke out as a mixed train B as pulling into the station. A large portion of the contents of parcel receptacles in the \an was damaged by lire or water.
BLAZE IN NELSON
SHOPS AND HOUSE DESTROYED
(By Telegraph.—Press Association )
XELSOX, this day
A fire in the Waimca Road early on Christmas morning destroyed fruit" and fancy goods shops and a barber's saloon owned by William Capes. It spread to and destroyed a private dwelling owned by Mr. T. Crowe on the other side. Mr. H. Hopkins' gramophone and grocery atore was severely damaged, and another private dwelling, owned by Mr. C. N. Wilkinson, had a narrow escape, catching fire several times.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 305, 26 December 1928, Page 5
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