WOOL STORE FIRE
BUILDING TO BE REPLACED AT ONCE. NAPIER, July 27. It is estimated that 1000 to 1500 bales of wool were destroyed by the fire which gutted the Hawke’s Bay Farmers’ Co-operative Association’s wool store at Port Ahuriri yesterday. Part of this was due for shipment today. All the machinery in the building was rendered valueless, but the strongroom withstood the heat, the contents being undamaged. w T;he contents of the store were at a minimum, but the fire occurred just before a great call is to be made on the building by the new season’s wool. The cause of the outbreak is not known, but spontaneous combustion is suggested. Preparations are already in hand to rebuild in concrete. The insurances are held between the Royal and the Alliance offices, and total £33,215. A start was made with cleat*, ing the site this morning in order not to delay rebuilding, which is estimated to cost £30,000. During the height of the fire two engines pumped water from the harbour, a third using the mains.— (P.A.)
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Wairarapa Age, 28 July 1936, Page 2
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