CITY FIRE.
When premises in His Majesty's Arcade were filled with acrid smoke at 12.30 p.m. to-day the alarm was given and an engine from the Central Fire Station was called. The outbreak was caused by a short-circuit in the coil of an elevator motor in the lift well and was quickly extinguished. Slight damage was (lone to tlie motor.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 309, 30 December 1940, Page 8
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60CITY FIRE. Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 309, 30 December 1940, Page 8
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