BIG FIRE IN AUCKLAND
VALUABLE PLANT DAMAGED. GOOD WORK BY BRIGADE. AUCKLAND, Oct. 28. A fire occurred in the premises of Alex. Harvey and Sons, manufacturers of dairy utensils, Albert Street, last night. The first and second floors contained plant valued at tibout £20,000, but the bulk of the damage was on the third and fourth floors. There was also considerable damage by water to the offices and showroom where valuable machinery used for printing labels land devices on tin were saturated by water, and probably much damage was done to the large stock of tin plate. When the brigade arrived the centre portion of the top floor was well alight. The fire ran through the lift well in the centre of the building mounting to the ventilating gable, which burned fiercely. The brigade mlado a verv creditable save from total loss. No estimate of the loss is yet available. The insurance on the buildings and plant is £40,000 in the British Trading Insurance Company.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19441, 29 October 1925, Page 8
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