DISASTROUS FIRE.
OUTBREAK AT BRISBANE. SEVERAL PEOPLE SLIGHTLY HURT. BY CABLE —PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. Received 12.40 p.m. to-day. BRISBANE, April 19. One of the most disastrous fires in the history of Queensland occurred at Ipswich Road, when the State joinery works, and the sawmills of Hancock and Gore were destroyed. The damage to the joinery works was estimated at £IOO,OOO arid to Hancock’s £20,000.' Flying sheets of corrugated iron caused minor injuries to twenty persons. One fireman was trapped by flames on a bridge twenty-five feet from the ground. He jumped and was stunned, but was only slightly hurt. During the week-end a block- of buildings was destroyed and damage to the extent of £IO,OOO done at Cooroy. Six buildings were burned and were valued at £3000.. . ,
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HAWST19260419.2.75
Bibliographic details
Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 19 April 1926, Page 9
Word Count
126DISASTROUS FIRE. Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 19 April 1926, Page 9
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Hawera Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in