DESTRUCTIVE FIRE
DAMAGE £4OO. I RAILWAY ENGINE SHEDS. [Special to “Northern Advocate”! HAMILTON, This Day. Fire broke out yesterday afternoon in the railway engine sheds atFrankton Junction, and damage estimated at £4OOO was occasioned. Several engines were removed to safety. The outbreak apparently originated in the roof. It was this portion of the building that suffered most damage. At first the work of the brigade was hampered by the distance of the building from the street water mains. Two leads of hose were connected up, one 800 feet. from High Street, and another 700 feet from Queen’s Avenue.
A fresh north-easterly wind which was blowing assisted the flames to spread rapidly. As soon as the outbreak was discovered two enginedrivers set to work to remove the locomotives from the sheds. A number were drawn into the main yard, while several were shunted out at the back of the shed.
Other members “of the shed staff connected several leads of hose to the department’s own water main, and these were in operation when the brigade arrived.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19341226.2.25
Bibliographic details
Northern Advocate, 26 December 1934, Page 4
Word Count
175DESTRUCTIVE FIRE Northern Advocate, 26 December 1934, Page 4
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Northern Advocate. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in