LARGE FIRE AT THE BELFAST (BY TELEGRAPH.) CHRISTCHURCH, March 5.
About 11 o'clock on S»tarcUy nlglm ift was discovered thab tho wool store In connection with tho Belfast froezing works was on Gre. Information was at; ooco sent to tho Fire Brigado in town, and two stoam enginos wero sent oat, tbo distance being over seven miles. Their sorvicos, howevor, were not required, tho amplo water supply and powerful ongino on tho promises being aofliciont 10 confino tho firo to tho department in whioh io started, Tho firo, which appears to bavo started noar tho wooi bins, broke out) suddenly, and cannot) bo accounted for, aa no porsou had been on tho premispa after 6 p.m. Tho fellaiongory and killing floor 1200ft) x 40ft), tho wool store (150ft> x 50ft), »nd drying floor (100ft x 100ft) wero completely destroyed, together with largo compound engine, Glass' patent wool drying imchino, and the oonhrifagul dryer* The iusuradceu on the baildintf* wero L2240, and on the atock L250O, whioh will cover tho lost. , Tho insurances woro divided amongst raoab o&ooi doing basinofls here.
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North Otago Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 9409, 6 March 1899, Page 2
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180LARGE FIRE AT THE BELFAST (BY TELEGRAPH.) CHRISTCHURCH, March 5. North Otago Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 9409, 6 March 1899, Page 2
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