FIRE AT FREEZING WORKS.
13,000 CAP.CASES DESTROYED
(TBESS ASSOCUTXOK T£LECBAM.)
NAPIER.. March 4
The > r ortb British and Hawked Bay Freezing Company's Works afc Weetahore were tno scene of another fire early this morning. The outbreak started in the office and spread to the freezer. TJhe former was totally destroyed, and the latter &o seriously damaged that it will need rebuilding. Abou.t thirteen thousand carcases of mutton w&re destroyed, but fortunately a easterly breeze Trae bloßinc at the tinM, other-■-rise ilio Tvhole of the structoree would have- been razed.
The insurances on the freezing works total £7600 in th* London and Lancashire and Atlas offices. The damage is about £5760. The loss on the meat falls on the Government, who had taken, over control of the works-
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Press, Volume LI, Issue 15219, 5 March 1915, Page 4
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