At 5.30 a.m. on Sunday, week one of the employees at Kilkally Bros.' sawmill at &par Bush discovered that the mill was ablaze (says the Southland News). He aroused all hands, and 1 an efficient bucket brigade was formed. The buildinar was thus Saved, though the planing machine and a quantity of belting, together with tools; etc., were destroyed. A curious coincidence in connection with tfr-e Outbreak is that the situated about a mile away was und to be on fire at the same time. The damage in the latter case, however, was slight There, were no insurances, and the total damage, is estimated at something in •kooss of £IOO. The total railway revenue for the year anded March 31 last was £3.676,509, and it jii..-. « Kt ens V aL' *io"a year the firurea were £3,494,181 and |&303,271 reepectiyely.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3034, 8 May 1912, Page 32
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