DISASTROUS FIRES
THREE IN ONE CITY HEAVY DAMAGE IN MANCHESTER. TROUBLE WITH ELECTRIC WIRES By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Jan. 3, 8.30 p.m. London, Jan. 3. Disastrous fires occurred at Manchester during the week-end. The first was at the Winter Gardens Cinema, where the damage amounted to £30,000. The second was in the well-known warehouse area in Cannon Street, doing damage to the extent of £200,000. Lastly, there was a fire in Coventry Quadrant, accompanied by a phenomenon arising out of fused electric wires. The firemen found themselves continually receiving shocks as the current from the drenched walls passed to the firemen’s wet clothing.
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Taranaki Daily News, 4 January 1927, Page 9
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