£20,000 FIRE LOSS
FLOURMILL AT SEFTON DESTROYED Damage estimated at £20,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed the main building of the Sefton Flburmilling Company, Ltd., at Sefton, early yesterday afternoon. Stores of wheat and flour, valued at about £12,000, were lost in the fire, and it w r as thought last night that little, if any of the mill machinery—worth about £BOOO —could be salvaged. The fire, which was first noticed about 1 o’clock, spread quickly, and within a few minutes the whole building was- ablaze. The flames were fanned by a strong north-westerly wind, and it was impossible for firefighters to get close to the burning building. Other buildings, in the block were not damaged, as the flames were blown in an opposite direction.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 23 September 1946, Page 6
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