DISASTROUS BLAZE
TIMBER WORTH £33,00Q INCENDIARISM SUSPECTED ; . , A (Received Dec. 24, noon) ’ HOBART, Dec. 24. A disastrous sequel to the destruction of the Westbury timber mills some weeks ago occurred at- Westbury this* morning when 600 lingo stacks of dressed timber valued at £S3,CGO were destroyed bv tire
The outbreak is believed to be tiio result of incendiarism. Fanned by a strong breeze, the blareat one period covered an area of .several acres, Groups of men refused employment and money by refusing to assist those fighting the fire. ;-
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17450, 24 December 1930, Page 7
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88DISASTROUS BLAZE Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17450, 24 December 1930, Page 7
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