DAMAGE BY FIRE
PREMISES AT WELLINGTON EARLY MORNING BLAZE. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON. Oct. 8. _ A fire in the early hours of this morning ,at 102-101 Wakefield Street was responsible for considerable damage to stocks (mainly by water), some damage to the building ,ond the complete gutting ’of the studio of Max Studios, display advertisers, where the fire started at the rear of the top floor.
Am empty room alongside was also burned out, and partitions in the passage blackened and charred. The offices of Charles McPhee and Coy., woollen warehousemen, escaped with damage to the ceiling and some minor water damage. Water, dirt and charred wood penetrated to the floor below, considerably damaging the stocks of J. E. Sutcliffe, Ltd., warehousemen, which had been covered with canvas sheets by the firemen, thus preventing serious loss. The water reaching the Bible and Tract Depot, two floors below, was particularly destructive, ruining a quantity of books and pamphlets.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 265, 8 October 1940, Page 6
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