FIRES.
OUTBREAK AT WEI i'ELEY'S. iPress Association-Bv Telsgraph-Copvriglit LONDON, March "14. An outbreak of fire occurred at Whiteley's, the universal providers. The- customers and 4000 assistants were removed without confusioji. i!). dozen firemen were overcome by smoke and taken to the hospital. One department was destroyed.
The fire was confined to the department by closing the iron doors which prevented a serious calamity. The damage was small.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14156, 16 March 1910, Page 5
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67FIRES. Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14156, 16 March 1910, Page 5
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