TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
] * ' . (Pittas' AS8OCIA11OK.) ' GREYMOUTH, Octobe* 14. The ..engine ehed of Messrs Hungerford 7 ' and Mackey, railway contractors, was destroyed by fire this morning, by which they lost £800. Their locomotives were in the shed, dne recently from Home having cost £1200. This received the most damage from fire. Most of the patent metal andbrasswork wasiuseo. The second engine was partially burnt, but the third and least valuable was oufr They had a nightwatch•man, whose, duty it was' to be there between &and< 12, but he has been in the habit of sleeping at home till 8 and 4, and was in bed when the fire broke out. All the engines might have been' -saved, but a panic was raised bjr someone calling out, "Look Wboyß^Bhell burst," when all ran away. About forty men are thrown out of employment. It will take at least a couple of montliß before work can be resumed. 0,0e r of the overseers passed tbe building at 12.30, and thsre was then no sign ; of fire. The alarm was raised at 1.20. ,',; ".
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume IX, Issue 1755, 15 October 1887, Page 3
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177TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume IX, Issue 1755, 15 October 1887, Page 3
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