TECHNICAL WORKSHOP
EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED BY FIRE.
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
PUKEKOHE, This Day.
A fire damaged the forge and metal work-room of tho Pukekohe Technical High School this morning. Smoke was seen issuing f.om the building at G o'clock, but no notice was taken of it, as it was believed that the fires were being lit for the day's work. Flames broke out at 8.20, and the brigade arrived promptly, but, due to a blocked ball cock in the main, the water was not availablo for fully five minutes. When, however, the supply was available, the flames were quickly subdued. Half of the building was extensively damaged, and 'it is not known yet whether the valuable machinery, damaged by, heat, is beyond use.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 134, 3 December 1926, Page 8
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122TECHNICAL WORKSHOP Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 134, 3 December 1926, Page 8
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