MORNINGSIDE FIRE INQUIRY
PROTESTS TO DEPARTMENT EVIDENCE BY OFFICIALS (By Telegrapn —Press Association.) AUCKLAND, June 25. The Morningside timber mill fire enquiry was continued to-day when evidence was given by the company’s officers that protests had been made to the Railway Department prior to the fire in December, one concerning the continued danger of sparks from the locomotives. It was also stated that the book value of the buildings and plant destroyed was £15,000, and the estimated value £12,377. The insurances, including the stock, just exceeded £IO,OOO. The company Lave received £5,923 in insurance payments since the fire.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 26 June 1935, Page 6
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98MORNINGSIDE FIRE INQUIRY Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 26 June 1935, Page 6
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