SAWMILL ON FIRE.
ALMOST A TOTAL LOSS. VALUABLE TIMBER UNTOUCHED. ! H,v Telegraph.— Press Association.T GREYMOUTH, this day. A sawmill at South Beach, owned by Stratford, Blair and Company, was almost totally destroyed by lire early this morning. A south-west wind fanned the tones, and there was no hope of saving the building and machinery. Valuable stacks of timber were untouched, and a locomotive was salvaged. The mill, employing 30 men, had been working at lull capacity for a month. The insurances totalled £5000.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 244, 15 October 1935, Page 9
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83SAWMILL ON FIRE. Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 244, 15 October 1935, Page 9
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