FIRE AT A FLAX MILL.
|£t Tblbgkaph.l [Our Own Cormpotident.) Pbathehston. This Day. Messrs. Trinjjham & Mackenzie's flaxmill at Kah&utara, was partially burnt down last night. The firo broke out at 4 p.m. in the towhouse behind the scutchers, and the building, which was 70 feat by 50 feofc, wa9 totally destroyed. It contained four scutchers, steam screw, a Lester press, and a ten-horae-posver engine. About two tons of flax ready for the market was also destroyed. The damage is estimated at fully £1000, and as there ia no insurance much sympathy is felt for the owners, who have run their mill in the face of bad times in the trade. Abont 39 hands will be thrown out of employment, but Mr. Tringham, who is at present in Featherston, informs mo that the mill will be got to work again as soon as possible. No cause can be assigned for the outbreak, but it is supposed that a spark from the engine ignited the tow. J
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Evening Post, Volume XLI, Issue 103, 2 May 1891, Page 2
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165FIRE AT A FLAX MILL. Evening Post, Volume XLI, Issue 103, 2 May 1891, Page 2
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