FIRE IN NEW HOSPITAL
£-300 damage at Bombay A firebrokfe out at) the' new hospital being erected ,qt Rayenthorpe, Bombay, early on' Suftclky•* mbrning; Tfie outbreak occurred in one wing of the 1 ibuilding. j The. noise; of the flames avvakgned a woman l who is engaged'in' the catering Ifor the workmen. She aroused some bf the men, who broke open the conjtracton’s dfflee*' tb • *lriW> the 'Papakura fire brigade, . Mear\y/l}He< the men ffnrmod nhnrket brigade, using water fjfom'adjacent' tanks,’ fill'd put out the pre' on the floor and walls, i losing a sjirntp pump fejd by a tucket brigade, the firemen attacked ;he fire in the ceiling by breaking.brought the roof; and witbjn an hour ,he ; Harries' were extinguished. ■ The damage' to 'thd building, which in its present about &9QOO- in value, is estimated at about £>3oo. ■ .-.1 .„■ | ..
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20859, 11 August 1942, Page 5
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