FIRE
UAII DWARF. W A RED OF.- E IN FLAMES. DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT LU'.OCO. (Press Association.) AUCKLAND. O.i. I'J. Damage estimated at hi.ooo was done br a fire in tbo mem srs c i .Messrs. Wingate and Co., ELL. hardware merchants, Queen street, at about 4.fin o’clock this morning. The back part of Mic building wns a mass of flames when the brigade arrived, bid by strenuous "'prk the .outbreak .was confined to a packing room and the basement. The packing room, piled with coils of rope and other merchandise, was eomrlotq!) gutted. The flames reached some of the interior walls and charred them, and the intense heat and smoko also caused damage inside tho shop. The insurance of ;C25.(>00 on the building and stock is held by the Sobthorn Union office. Protect yourself against losses by fire by insuring with the Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society, Ltd. —- W. Li.ssnnt Clayton.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 12080, 20 October 1933, Page 3
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