BOILER HOUSE AFIRE.
DAMAGE AT WARKWORTH. CAMPERS' TIMELY DISCOVERY. / (Prom Our Own Correspondent.) WARKWORTH, Monday. The boiler house and bunkers at the Matakana Co-operative Dairy Company's factory were damaged by fire this morning. A party or campers heard a crash and notified the manager, Mr. A. F. Watson, who found that the coal in the bunkers had ignited and set fire to the boiler house. Assisted by the campers, Mr. Watson was able to use water from the pumping system to fight the fire which was suppressed after f bout two hours. the boiler house and bunkers ■will have to be rebuilt, no damage was done to the machinery and the work of the factory will not*be affected. The damaged portion of the premises was insured in the New Zealand Office.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 3, 5 January 1937, Page 5
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