FIRE IN PATEA
WOOL STORE DAMAGED (P.A.) NEW PLYMOUTH, Feb. 13. Fire destroyed half the upper storey of a large wool store at the Patea Freezing Company’s works in a spectacular blaze about 7 o’clock last night. Had it not been for prompt action by the Patea fire brigadesmen and the works firemen, there would have been a danger of the whole works being burned. A quantity of unbaled wool m the store was destroyed and baled wool in the lower storey was damaged by water. The fire was attributed to spontaneous combustion in the wool. When the brigades arrived the flames, accompanied by a large volume of smoke, were coming through the roof. Aided by a good supply of water pumped into the town works by the town’s fire engine, the firemen succeeded in gaining control and by about 8 o'clock the fire was extinguished.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 21945, 13 February 1946, Page 6
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