DAMAGE BY FIRE
CLOTHING FACTORY GUTTED. Br Telegraph.—Frees Association. New Plymouth, September 19. A clothing factory owned by F. AMoore, and occupied by E. Bergman, employing about thirty hands, was gutted by fire at midnight on Saturday. The building was the first Freemasons’ Hall in Taranaki. It was erected in tho late sixties. The stock and plant were totally destroyed. The insurances, £2400, do not nearly cover the loss. NEWSPAPER OFFICE DESTROYED. Bv Telegraph.—Frees Association. Wairoa, September 19. The Wairoa "Guardian” office was burned down at 7-30 o’clock this morning. Apparently the gasoline apparatus connected with th© linotype exploded. The fire spread rapidly as there were no fire-fighting appliances. The neighbouring building, occupied by A. J. Chicken and G. C. Fletcher, escaped, owing to brick walls. c The insurances are not available.
The above reports should prompt those who are uninsured to call on the Australian Provincial Assurance Assn., Ltd., (A.P.A.), 219 Lambton Quay. 'Phone 70. —Advt.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19210920.2.79
Bibliographic details
Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 306, 20 September 1921, Page 6
Word Count
157DAMAGE BY FIRE Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 306, 20 September 1921, Page 6
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in