BURGLARY AND FIRE
WELLINGTON BOOKSHOP LITTLE DAMAGE DONE [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION J "WELLINGTON, Monday Signs of a fire in the building of Messrs. Wliitcombe and Tombs, booksellers and stationers, in. Lambton Quay, early yesterday morning brought the fire brigad t e quickly to the scene. On breaking into the building the firemen found that burglars had been at work in the showrooms on the ground floor and on the first, storey. The fire was quickly extinguished, little damage being done. The fire was confined to books alone, which smouldered without bursting into flame. Tlif extent of the thefts is not yet known.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21469, 18 April 1933, Page 8
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