CAMP BURNED OUT
MARRIED RELIEF WORKERS.
(Per United Press Association.)
Christchurch, October 6.
The camp for relief workers at Cooper’s Knobs, Cashmere Hills, was burned out to-day while the men were absent from camp, cutting firewood. A fire broke out in the camp buildings and cookhouse and the bunk houses were completely destroyed. Most of the men lost all their belongings. The camp is for married men and there were 24 in the camp. It is estimated that most of them lost about £lO worth of effects.
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Southland Times, Issue 21831, 7 October 1932, Page 7
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