Bruce Woollen Mills Destroyed.
[per press association. ] Dunedin, April 28. Intimation has been received that the Bruce Woollen Mills have been destroyed by fire, No details are to have. The damage, if everything is burnt, will be about L 27 000. Word was received by the Dunedin fire brigade through the railway department asking for assistance, but as it was so far, and as it would" have taken two hours to ?et up steam, and only the manual engine was available no assistance was sent. The fire at the Bruce Woollen Mills originated in the engine or boiler room. There was no local fire brigade, and the crowd which gathered could only save portion of the stock, none of the valuable new machinery being saved. The insurances amount to L 24,800. It is equally' divided between the Victorian and fche Alliance. Both companies are reinsured.
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Grey River Argus, Volume LVII, Issue 10520, 29 April 1901, Page 3
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145Bruce Woollen Mills Destroyed. Grey River Argus, Volume LVII, Issue 10520, 29 April 1901, Page 3
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