FIRE IN SAWMILL
HEAVY DAMAGE. (Per United Press Association.) Dargaville, November 24. Shortly after noon to-day a fire broke out in the Dargaville Sawmilling Company’s mill. The brigade was soon on the job, but a gale was blowing behind the fire and the water had to be taken some distance to the seat of the fire. The milling department was practically destroyed, but the planing department, the railway engine shed and other buildings adjoining the mill were saved.
Tne fire occurred at a particularly unfortunate time as the mill had just resumed work after many months on parttime. A shipment of timber has just left for Australia and further orders for the same destination would have kept the mill employed for some months ahead. Large stocks of timber in the yards were untouched. The insurances are not available. The owners are Messrs Rope Bros., trading under the name of the Dargaville Sawmilling Company. Their loss will total several thousand pounds.
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Southland Times, Issue 21560, 25 November 1931, Page 6
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