BIG WANGANUI FIRE
WOOLWORTHS’ STORE ABLAZE.
FIREMEN’S DIFFICULT TASK.
By Telegraph—Press Association. Wanganui, Last Night.
Woolworths’ store in the main shopping area was badly damaged by fire early this afternoon. The whole of Wanganui’s fire-fighting forces were engaged in the difficult task of combating the flames and their work was made more difficult by dense smoke tad fumes from burning cellulose articles. The shop on the ground floor suffergjj extensively from fire and water,the front portion being gutted. In the storeroom upstairs, where it is thought the fire started, only the back of the building escaped. Insurances are not available, but it is estimated that the damage will run into several thousands of pounds.
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Taranaki Daily News, 15 July 1935, Page 4
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