DESTRUCTIVE BLAZE.
A QUEENSLAND TIMBER YARD DESTROYED.
(Bt Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Per Press Association.)
Received September 1, 9.45 a.m. BRISBANE, Sept. 1.
One of the most destructive fires for several vears almost totally destroyed Raymond's timber yards and sawmill at Newstead. A large quantity of valuable machinery and over a million and a quarter fret of pine and a quantity of hardwood were burned. The origin of the outbreak is unknown. The nre burned fiercely for several hours. The damage totals nearly £30,000, and the insurances are £7OOO. Seventy men were idled. The firemen had a difficulty in preventing the fire spreading to the large gasometer of the Brisbane Gas Company. SUGAR WORKS ABLAZE.
Received September 1, 10.35 a.m. BRISBANE, Sept. 1. A fire in the Mallaquin sugar refinery, near Bundaberg. caused £SOOO damage. The store-house adjacent, containing £20,000 worth of sugar, was saved.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9585, 1 September 1913, Page 5
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