GREAT FIRE IN LONDON.
MOTOR BODY WORKS DESTROYED
London, June 10. The works of Brown, Hughes, and Strachan, motor body builders, Park Royal, Baling, covering three acres, were burned. One hundred Red Cross ambulances and 200 Army service motor vans were destroyed.
Tlie fire started 'in the centre of the works. There was a strong breeze, and the buildings were swept right and left.
A large force of troops assisted the firemen to extinguish the flames. The damage is estimated at £80,000.
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Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 13792, 12 June 1915, Page 3
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82GREAT FIRE IN LONDON. Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 13792, 12 June 1915, Page 3
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