DAMAGE BY FIRE.
isLAZE AT EKETAHUNA. BOX FACTORY DESTROYED. Per Press Association. EKETAHUNA, April 12. At midday yesterday E. Burling’s box factory and machinery were totally destroyed by fire, which apparently started in the vicinity of the boiler room. A quantity of sawn timber was also lost. The insurances total £llOO. The loss is estimated at £BOO over this amount. SAWMILL DESTROYED. ~GORE, April 12. The sawmill of Halliday Bros, at Waitane, near Mataura, was destroyed by fire yesterday morning. The hands worked hard to save the mill, but the flames had too ..good a hold when the outbreak was discovered. The owners have decided to rebuild the mill on modern lines immediately. The insurances total £1550, but the loss exceeds this figure considerably.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 112, 12 April 1926, Page 7
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124DAMAGE BY FIRE. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 112, 12 April 1926, Page 7
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