INVERCARGILL FIRE
TIMBER STACKS DESTROYED
[per press association.]
INVERCARGILL, November 2..
Several thousand pounds worth of stacked timber, ranging from old oak which cannot be replaced, were destroyed in a spectacular fire, in the factory and yard of Broad. Small, Ltd., Tyne Street, this afternoon. The fire, which originated in the bedding and upholstery’ department, destroyed the back portion of the wooden factory and spread through nearly 100 stacks of timber in the adjoining yard. The flames, driven by a strong wind, threatened the joinery factory of Calder Mackay, Ltd., two chains away, past an empty’ section.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 3 November 1939, Page 5
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