MILK STORE WRECKED
COLLAPSE UNDER WEIGHT OF GOODS. /.;.'- - (BX TILIORAFB.—FRBIS 4J!OCIATIO,V.I AUCKLAND, 27th .'January. ■ The .New Zealand ■ Co-operative Company's stores, Eden terrace, collapsed this morning under the weight of 70C0 cases of dried milk, weighing 450 tons. Four workmen got clear by hastily descending when they heard the groaning and creaking of the timber. The store was only completed two months ago, and was of timber and. iron, ICO feet long by 40 feet high. Half of one wall and thousands of cases of "milk fell into the adjoining, section, and hundreds of the cases were damaged.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 23, 28 January 1924, Page 2
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