AVONDALE EXPLOSION
DELIBERATELY CAUSED. ONLY STAND-BY PLANT WRECKED. (Per United Press Association.) AUCKLAND, September 23. The centre portion of the buildings destroyed at the Avondale racecourse contained the stand-by plant, which was totally wrecked. Though the rest of the totai-isator-house was badly shaken, the windows smashed, and the girders of the roof slightly lifted, the “tote” that was used yesterday is hardly injured. It could be used again to-day. The gas and water mains remain intact, and this discounts the possibility of an explosion caused by gas. The door of the building was open, the lock having been forced, either by the explosion, or by some person with intent to destroy the premises. The damage, roughly estimated at £5OO to £lOOO, is covered by insurance.
No doubt the explosion was deliberately caused, but the reason for it is a. complete mystery.
The Avondale Jockey Club’s loss is covered by insurance of £5OOO in the United Offce. Six separate machines, rendered next to worthless, were insured for £6OO. They are the property of the club.
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Southland Times, Issue 19357, 24 September 1924, Page 3
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174AVONDALE EXPLOSION Southland Times, Issue 19357, 24 September 1924, Page 3
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