DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.
BIG IRONWOBKS BTE^TR6Y^O. MANY MEN IDLE.' ! ''' V INSURANCES TOTAL £28,000. BT TELEGRAPH —PEEB3 ASSOCIATION —COPtKIGHT. Sydney, June ■ Tho Meadowbank Manufacturing Company's railway carriage and general engineering works, on the banks of tho I'urraiuatta River, wore destroyed by fire at 8 o'clock this morning. : The works were one,-of tho largest in the State, covering three-;acresn.i' Owing*.to the distanco from town, fire appliances were not available in time to &ve' anything. The total loss is unknown,, but the damago in tho carriage sheds "alone is estimated at £30,000. ■ ~ I Three hundred and'.'fifty.'. men have bpen thrown idle. , ' FIGHTING THE FLAMES. ..... (Rec. June 2, 9.45 p.m.) ; ■ Sydney, June 2. The employees and a few "volunteer'firemen, assisted hy a lucky change of wind, succeeded in checking the fire after, the.ipain. buildings had been consumed. _ Besides . valuable machinery V,and .heavy stocks of material, the 'property' destroyed included eight lavatory carriages, three tramcars, and a number pf. : .unfinished carriages, being portions of big with the State railways which the Company had in hand. 2 ' •Tho. insurances total £28,000., -. • ~- •, ~
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 214, 3 June 1908, Page 7
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174DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 214, 3 June 1908, Page 7
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