NEWSPAPER OFFICE FIRE
-" LYTTELTON TIMES " BUILDING
DAMAGED.
(»I TBI»QR«H.—PRESS AISOdXtION.)
CHBISTCHURCH, This Day.
Shortly before 8 o'clock this morning fire broke out in the top. story of tho " Lyttelton Times" office, in the stereoroom of the jobbing department. What threatened to be a serious conflagration, was confined to the story by the prompt activities of the.. fire brigade, but the story was completely gutted, and the editorial rooms, immediately below, suffered severely from damage by water. The origin of the-fire is unknown. Work in tho various' departments was temporarily suspended, but was resumed about 10 o'clock. -■•-.'. ' . .
The damage by fire is estimated at £1500, but the damage done by water it k impossible to estimate. The insursnccs on th© . building &ncl contents amount to £18,300, distributed amongst a number of. offices.- , ■ ;
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 48, 25 August 1922, Page 8
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131NEWSPAPER OFFICE FIRE Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 48, 25 August 1922, Page 8
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