FIRE IN TANNERY.
VERY HEAVY DAMAGE RESULTS. NO BRIGADE. (Received Sunday, 5.5 p.m.) CAPETOWN, September 27. The Wellington Tannery and Boot Factory was gutted by fire this morning. The damage is estimated at £lOO,OOO. There was no fire brigade and residents in pyjamas formed bucket chains and endeavoured" to save parts of the plant. Two hundred operatives are rendered idle. '
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Wairarapa Age, 29 September 1930, Page 5
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