DAMAGE BY FIRE.
BLAZE IN BARREL FACTORY. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, Nov. 21. Damage estimated at £4OOO was caused by fire at midnight in a barrel factory iu Gillies Avenue, next to the Newmarket School. The factory, which is owned by Mr P. G. Wolfe, of Onehunga, and constructed of concrete blocks and iron, was,stacked with completed barrels and many others in the course of construction, also much dry timber. The principal item of loss was tho valuable machine work over £2OOO. The building and contents are insured for a total of £3OOO.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 304, 21 November 1928, Page 7
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