£10,000 FIRE DAMAGE

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20618, 20 November 1941, Page 9

£IO,OOO FIRE DAMAGE

SAWMILLING PLANT CHRISTCHURCH BLAZE (Per Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, this day. “A modern joinery and sawmilling plant has been completely ruined by the fire,” said Mr. J. Booth, manager of McCully, Limited. One of the biggest losses, he said, was the band sawing plant which was used to cut raw pinus logs into timber. The whole plant was a total loss. In addition, three timber drying kilns were gutted, said Mr. Booth. That loss was serious, as the firm relied upon them for supplies of dry timber. Even more serious was the loss of three full racks of selected dry timber, rimu and beech, that was estimated to be worth thousands of pounds and would bo an important factor in deciding whether the firm would make a fresh start. Three trucks were also destroyed in the fire. The damage is estimated at over £IO,OOO.