FIRES.
FACTORY DESTROYED. L. C. WALKER, LTD:, BURNT OUT. •A bacon factory and - cool store, owned by Li C'.'"Walker, Ltd., and.situat-' ed in Cutbbert'sl road," Bromley, was i completely - destroyed. by fire on, Saturday afternoon. J Ihe ]>rop.ilvitor/Mr L. C. Walker, estimates the damage.'at £7OOO, and -the insurances aro-about £4OOO. _ ' outbreak' was iiotited" by Mr cWwlker,,who was'wofkSiig'in a ? paifddck ■shear' 'the building at 2 Ji 6'clock. Wlien (ihe-employees ha-il left. .He ; t;alUd- the City Fire Brigade, but the ' engines were not able to bo of assistance, as no water , was available. ■ In the meantime the fire had obtained a good hold-, ana thd one-stprey .wooden, building .-was soon b'urrit 'to' the ground. .A.;large ;qiiantHy: of.iPyrediba.con somevyalnajble' machinery,'including. a refrigeratoi 1 ;' were dt^troyed. A. few .liooks from the office were-^aved...
The factory was about a quarter, of a mile' over the" city boundary... Not long pgd.'Hr Walkerwith others,.en-deavoured-to have -he 'district.inuud■ed in. Greater Clinstcliurch, but he was unsuccessful. ,He stated that .manufacturers were to build their factories, outside the r city boundaries,"' yet if they did .so they got'no protection against fire. . , ... w Details of.' the.'insurances wef.e, not available yesterday, as boots containing stKat-information were lost in t*ne fire.'
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18148, 11 August 1924, Page 11
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