Fire Destroys Wool Carbonising Plant
SYDNEY, September 25.
Fire which broke out this morning destroyed a wool carbonising plant owned by F. W. Hughes in the Sydney suburb of Botany. The fire quickly swept through the plant and spread to nearby houses. Eight men in the factory had barely made, their escape when ammonia drums began exploding. The glow could be seen 12 miles away.
A stiff breeze caused the flames to jump to three houses and six others were prepared for evacuation. , The residents damped down weatherboards and furniture with garden hoses until the police reached the scene. A valuable string of 20 racehorses in stables 100 yards away took fright, but stable-boys covered the horses’ heads with sacking and Jed them to safety.
The plant was valued at more than £50,000. About 900 bales of carbonised wool and 1000 bales of untreated wool were in store, so that, assuming that none of . this can be saved, the total damage will exceed £ 100,000-
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Greymouth Evening Star, 26 September 1947, Page 7
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