WINE CELLARS ABLAZE
BRIGADE POWERLESS).
WATER SUPPLY LACKING,
HEAVY DAMAGE OCCASIONED.
(Per Press Association.—Copyright.)
NAPIER, This Day;
Fire completely gutted two wine cellars at Mount St. Mary’s Mission Station, Greenmeadows, last night and destroyed nearly 24,000 gallons of wine valued at £1 per gallon. The Napier Fire Brigade was called to the scene at 7.30 o’clock, but its task was a hopeless one from, the beginning, as the only water to be had was from a creek 300 yards away.
The flames bad. such a hold when the brigade began operations that all attempts proved fruitless. The outbreak is' believed to have had its beginning in the fusing of an electric -wire .in the coiling of one of the cellars. ■ r It' is understood that the insurance on the buildings and wine will not nearly cover the loss. Much of the wine was prepared and ready for export.
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Northern Advocate, 31 July 1929, Page 6
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