FIRE AT CORE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10587, 17 October 1910, Page 1

FIRE AT CORE.

(Per Press Association ) j > Goie, Octobei 16 A destructive > file occuned <it 3 o'clockj this mommg, when the local Lallvvj-v engine shed was burned to the giound The budding contained two locomotives —one class""K, used on the expicss between Gore and Kingston, and the othei class F, a slmntei 'V gale was iaging all night, and the structnie, being of wood, was quickb idemolished bofoio an> eftoit could be made -to teifiove the engines The 'bngide was poweiless to do anv moie 'than picvent the ■splead of the flames to the' buildings neaibj , indeed, it was foitiirute tlie wind was from l3ie west, land not tioin the opposite direction, as m "the 'lattel allelnative it is,higbl> piobable tint a numbei of the main -shops, fortv vaids awa-v, would have (been destro\ed The pumping plant m the same building, consisting of a lnghpowci oil engine and pump, was serious'ly damaged ' The two locomotives piesented a most ? dilapidated appearance m daj light. the light, fixtmes aTe buckled, \or jtoni off b\ the excessive heat, Theie [will be'no nitorruptipn of the service. iA special' arrives, heje tp-night fiom [Xnvercargjll ,w ith s other' locomotives I The origin of the outbreak is a oom-jplete-no?terY^