A DISASTROUS FIRE.
CEMENT WORKS DESTROYED. AUCKLAND, September 15. A disastrous fire occurred on Limestone Island, near Whangerei, at 2.30 a.m. .on Sunday, Avhen tte whole of the cement works Avas destroyed. The fire is believed to have originated through the ground coal igniting. " The fire Avas assisted by gas generating rapidly, and it spread throughout the works. The morning shift had a narrow escape. The loss is estimated at about £15,000. Forty men have been thrown out of Avork. and various contracts to supply cement are incomplete. The scow Pukapuka. at the cement Company's Avharf, narrowly escaped being burnt, as a strong souffi-Avest gate was blowing. The works were insured for £7300.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXXVII, Issue 11738, 16 September 1902, Page 5
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113A DISASTROUS FIRE. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXXVII, Issue 11738, 16 September 1902, Page 5
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