FIRE AT SOUTHAMPTON.
TOBACCO FIRM'S LOSS.
BONDED FACTORY BURNED. ESTIMATED DAMAGE f150,000. By Telegra.ph—Press Association—Copyright. ixfceceived 8.55 p.m.) A. and N.Z. LONDON. Nov. i. A destructive fire occurred at the Southampton factory of the BritishAmerican Tobacco Company. The damage is estimated at £150,000. Five hundred people have been rendered idle. The factory was the centre of the company's export trade. The firemen were greatly handicapped by the factory being ander Customs bond, as a result of which the doors and windows were donbly barred. The brigadesmen had to light their way into the building with choppers and crowbars.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19474, 2 November 1926, Page 9
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98FIRE AT SOUTHAMPTON. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19474, 2 November 1926, Page 9
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