BONFIRES OF SUGAR.
DAMAGE £IOO,OOO. "SYDNEY, Feb. 25. The damage in connection with the Sugar Company's fire is now estimated -it £IOO 003. Seventeen thousand tons 'of sugar, the property of the .Queensland Government, is still burning and the mighty bonfires may bo seen .or many miles. The sugar is either dostroyed or damaged. All stocks of re-, fined sugar supplies are being rushed from Melbourne to avoid a shortage. DAMAGE £250.000. ALBION FLOUR MILLS FIRE. SYDNEY. Feb. 25. The damage caused by the lira at Messrs John'Darling and Sons Albion flour mills, is estimated at £2„-O.C 0, Within two hours of the commencement of the outbreak the buildings were a honp of ruins, onlv Hie outer walls standStocks of wheat are still burning^
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16969, 26 February 1926, Page 5
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124BONFIRES OF SUGAR. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16969, 26 February 1926, Page 5
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