COLLAPSE OF A BUILDING.
(PEESS ASSOCIATIOIT TZLSOBAJI.) AUCKLAND, January 26. The New Zealand Co-operative Company's stores at Eden Terrace collapsed this -morning under the weight of 7000 cases of dried milk, weighing 450 tons. Four workmen got clear bv hastily descending whan they beard the groaning and creaking. The timber store was only completed two months ago, and was of timber and iron, 100 ft long by 40ft high. Half of one wall and thousands of cases of milk fell into the adjoining section, hundreds of eases being damaged.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 17982, 28 January 1924, Page 5
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