SERIOUS FIRE AVERTED
working of. automatic ALARM I Per Press Association. ] AUCKLAND, May 25. The efficient working of an automatic fire alarm prevented a .serioui fire in the Government buildings in Customs Street early this morning. The outbreak occurred in a lift sta tioned at the third floor. The passenger compartment was destroyed, but the city brigade effected a good save The superintendent reported at tht Fire Board meeting later that the fire started in a waste paper basket in the lift.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 122, 26 May 1938, Page 6
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