AUCKLAND BLAZE
OLD RECORDS BURNED (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, March 15. The brick tower which surmounts tne main building at tho Auckland railway station was completely gutted Dy firo this evening. The tower which was not in use contained old records dating back to 18<Sa and these were destroyed. Raised about fifteen feet above the roof of tne building the tower presented a brilliant spectacle with the flames shooting through the windows. Copies of the Auckland papers dating back to 1912 which wejg stored with the files suffered a similar fate.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19793, 17 March 1927, Page 4
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91AUCKLAND BLAZE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19793, 17 March 1927, Page 4
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