Valuable Plant Lost In Sawmill Fire
(PA.) GORE, This Day. Equipment valued at £IOOO was. involved iri a fire which swept through thd sawmill of Carroll and Co., Dundas Street, East Gore, yesterday morning. The fire was discovered about 5.45 o’clock by an employee. It had a strong hold on the rough board exterior of the building and was climbing the support posts to the roof beams. The brigade was speedily on the scene, but failed to save the building. Much valuable machinery was lost. The mill had been engaged for two years in cutting timber for the box factory of McLeod Bros., Dunedin. A stack of finished timber near the mill was hot harmed. The equipment was insured for £IOOO.
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Northern Advocate, 21 December 1945, Page 2
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