AUCKLAND FACTORY PARTLY DESTROYED BY FIRE The confectionery factory of Heard’s, Ltd., in Parnell, Auckland, on fire on Monday evening. About a third of the concrete building, much stock, and valuable machinery were destroyed, the loss being estimated at about £150,000. TOP: Flames leaping out of the eastern side of the factory at the height of the fire. BOTTOM: A view from Parnell road showing great volumes of smoke billowing from the back of the factory.
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Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25445, 17 March 1948, Page 6
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76AUCKLAND FACTORY PARTLY DESTROYED BY FIRE The confectionery factory of Heard’s, Ltd., in Parnell, Auckland, on fire on Monday evening. About a third of the concrete building, much stock, and valuable machinery were destroyed, the loss being estimated at about £150,000. TOP: Flames leaping out of the eastern side of the factory at the height of the fire. BOTTOM: A view from Parnell road showing great volumes of smoke billowing from the back of the factory. Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25445, 17 March 1948, Page 6
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