FIRES
OUTBREAK IN BARREL FACTORY DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT £lOOO. Auckland, November 21. Damage estimated at £4OOO was caused by fire at midnight in a barrel factory in Gillies Avenue, next to the Newmarket School. The factory, owned by P. G. VVoolfe, of Onehunga, and cnostructed of concrete blocks and iron, was stacked with completed barrels and many others in course ot construction ; also much dry timber. The principal item of loss was valuable machinery, which was partly destroyed. worth over £2OOO. The building and contents were insured in the Royal and South British offices for a total of £3OOO.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVIII, Issue 288, 21 November 1928, Page 6
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99FIRES Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVIII, Issue 288, 21 November 1928, Page 6
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