SHOW GROUNDS ABLAZE.
BIG BUILDINGS DESTROYED. Electric Telegraph—Press Association. Copyright. Melbourne, Last Night. A fire broke out in the main grandstand on the show ground whereon there were over a thousand people who quickly cleared. Before the five miles distant fire brigade arrived the fire had spread to the exhibition portion causing great excitement among the large crowds. There was a poor water supply and the fire was not suppre-sed until eighteen structures, including the Industrial Pavilion and great quantities of valuable exhibits besides the grandstand costing £70,000 were destroyed.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 4947, 23 September 1914, Page 7
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90SHOW GROUNDS ABLAZE. Pahiatua Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 4947, 23 September 1914, Page 7
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