FIRE AT WELLINGTON
BIG MIDNIGHT BLAZE [per press association.] WELLINGTON, July 14. Fire broke out in a three-storey brick building in Willis Street, owned by J. R. McKenzie, Ltd., about 10.45 to-night. The flames secured a good hold of the building, but the combined efforts of several Brigades appeared at midnight to be bringing them under control. It is impossible yet to estimate the damage, but it appears that the two top stories have been destroyed. The firemen were handicapped in their fight by dense clouds of smoke. One was brought out unconscious, and another had to be-assisted out. The tenants of the buildings are: — Wellington Photograph Works, Radio Construction Ltd., E. F. Jones (printer), Wellington Pleating Co., B. Crawford, and J. Crowley’s gymnasium. The fire is believed to have occurred in the top floor. A crowd of several hundred are watching the firemen’s fight, which at midnight was still continuing.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 15 July 1933, Page 7
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