WAIMATE HOSPITAL
MEDICAL STORES DESTROYED (PA) WAIMATE, Aug. 12. An outbreak of fire in the offices and storeroom in a detached building at the Waimate Public Hospital caused the loss of medical and other stores, estimated at £7OO. The stewards’ office was gutted, destroying the records, while supplies in the storeroom, to which the flames penetrated through the ceiling, suffered from heat. The fire was quickly controlled by the brigade. Its cause is unknown.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26229, 13 August 1946, Page 6
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74WAIMATE HOSPITAL Otago Daily Times, Issue 26229, 13 August 1946, Page 6
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