DISASTROUS FIRE
£30,000 DAMAGE CAUSED
(Received Dec. 31, noon.) MELBOURNE, Doc. 31
Damage estimated at £30,000 was caused by a lire at Korumbunra, which destroyed four shops and seriously damaged several others before it was checked. For a considerable time all the shops in the block were endangered. Firemen effected a good save. Two firemen were overcome by fumes from burning buildings. Small boys smoking cigarettes are believed to be responsible.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16839, 31 December 1928, Page 7
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71DISASTROUS FIRE Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16839, 31 December 1928, Page 7
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