FIRE AT MANGAMUTU
FOUR PREMISES DESTROYED
(United Press Association)
PAHIATUA. This Day
A fire at Mangamutu yesterday afternon destroyed a' box factorv. two cottages, and the Mangamutu Post Office, all adjacent. The outbreak started in the factory, which, with the contents >vas totally destroyed. Helpers managed to rescue all the contents from the cottages as well as the mails, safe, etc., from the Post Office before it was razed. No water was available. All iho buildings were owned bv D. Eraser. The full insurance is not available, but the following is known to be in. the New Zealand office: Pox factorv, part machinery £495; five-roomed cottage £240; fourroomed cottage £220; post office, of two rooms, £IOO.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 18 January 1928, Page 5
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116FIRE AT MANGAMUTU Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 18 January 1928, Page 5
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