FIRE INQUIRY
THE ’CORONER’S FINDING. (Per Press Association, Copyright). AUCKLAND, July 12. The statement that it was probable that the fire which occurred at the Monringside timber mill on. December 1 was started by,a spark from a locomotive engine was made by the Coronet (Air Hunt. S.M.) in his finding announced to-day.
He expressed the opinion the occupiers of the land adjoining the railway should take active find effective measures to protect their property, particularly to allow no dry grass to be about. :
He also commented that the Railway Department had spent £40,009 in experimenting with spark arresters, and was installing the newest type of arrester as fast as it could. He further pointed out that trains must run, and as apparently sparks could not be altogether eliminated, the Department had the right to expect adjoining property holders to take proper precautions against "fire. The timber company in this ease had not done so. There was dry grass about and the fire-fighting apparatus was apparently not in good order.
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Hokitika Guardian, 13 July 1935, Page 5
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