FIRE IN WELLINGTON CITY
TWO UPPER FLOORS GUTTED WILLIS STREET SHOPS ABLAZE. FIREMEN HAMPERED BY SMOKE. ONE RESCUED UNCONSCIOUS. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. Fire broke out in a three-storey brick building in Willis Street, owned by J. R. McKenzie Ltd., about 10.45 to-night. The flames secured a good hold on the building but the combined efforts of several brigades appeared at midnight to be bringing them under control. It.is impossible yet to estimate the damage, but it appears that the upper stories have been gutted* The firemen were handicapped in their fight by dense clouds of smoke. One was brought out unconscious and another was assisted out. The tenants of the building are the Wellington Photograph Works, Radio Construction Ltd., E. F. Jones, printer, Wellington Pleating, C. B. Crawford and J. Crowley’s gymnasium. The fire is believed to have originated in the top floor. A crowd of several hundreds was still watching the firemen’s fight, which at midnight still continues.
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Taranaki Daily News, 15 July 1933, Page 9
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