COSTLY SUGAR FIRE
(Rec. 1 p.m.) BRISBANE, Oct. 1. About 14,000 tons of bagged sugar were destroyed in a fire at the Maryborough sugar mill yesterday. The damage is estimated at £IOO,OOO. The fire followed an . explosion in some stacked sugar and it swept through the buildings so quickly that the workmen had no time to save their personal belongings.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 259, 1 October 1945, Page 5
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60COSTLY SUGAR FIRE Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 259, 1 October 1945, Page 5
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