FIRE IN A TIMBER YARD.
(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Per Press Association.} SYDNEY, April 11. Edwards and Company's large timber yards and mills at Camperdown which took fire this morning covered about an acre. The lire was discovered by a watchman in the jfeed room, but before he could summon the brigades it caught the surrounding timber stacks and spread with tremendous rapidity. The whole yard appeared. doomed, but the brigade's good work managed to cut off and save a portion of the stacks. A large part of the yards including valuable machinery, stables, and carts was destroyed. The watchman, using a revolver to frighten them, succeeded with great difficulty in driving fifteen horses safely out of the stable. The bulk of the timber was stacked only during the past week.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9187, 12 April 1910, Page 7
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130FIRE IN A TIMBER YARD. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9187, 12 April 1910, Page 7
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