GOOD SAVE BY BRIGADE
WESTFIELD WORKS CATCH FIRE. DAMAGE LIMITED TO ABOUT HOOT, By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. Damage estimated at £lOOO was done to the building, plant and stock at the works of the Westfield Freezing Company by fire this morning. A good save was effected by the Ellerslie, Mount Wellington and Onehunga Fire Brigades, assisted by the staff brigade, the fire being confined to one room’ on the top floor of the main block of the building. Fireproof doors prevented the flames from spreading to other parts of the building, and although heavy doors were blistered by the heat little water reached the lower floors. Stock is insured with Lloyds and the buildings with various local companies.
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Taranaki Daily News, 17 September 1934, Page 5
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