BLAZE ON TRAIN
Workman’s Hut Gutted
(N.Z. Pros* Association) DUNEDIN, Oct. 21
A railways plant operator, Mr J. Manga, lost all his possessions when his hut caught fire on a goods train carrying it from Dunedin to Waiipiata today. Mr Manga’s hut was being carried on a goods train which left Dunedin at 3 am. It is believed to have caught fire near the Rock and Pillar on the Central Otago line. When the train pulled into
Middiemarch at 8.10 am. the fire brigade was called out, but by then the hut was gutted. The train was delayed for an hour and a half by the fire, the cause of which is unknown.
Tonight, Mr Manga was installed in another workman’s hut at Waipiata with borrowed blankets and bedding. A new hut for him will be railed to Waipiata.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30269, 23 October 1963, Page 18
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