EIRE OUTBREAK
CAUSED BY PITCH IGNITING. I . (Per Press Association-Copyright). WELLINGTON, .Tidy 8, An outbreak of fire caused'oy pitch igniting, occurred in College Street this morning, in a building occupied by Adams Bruce and Beayori Brothers, cardboard box manufacturers. There were about 50 female.employees, and over 20 men and youths in the building, but all escaped, there being »*o panic. The building was insured in the Norwich Union Office for £6OOO, and Adams Bnlce had the plant and stock covered with the Royal Exchange Office. No damage was done to the stock owned by Beavoii Brothers.
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Hokitika Guardian, 9 July 1937, Page 2
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96EIRE OUTBREAK Hokitika Guardian, 9 July 1937, Page 2
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