FIRE AT THAMES
POWER HOUSE DAMAGED. Hy Jflleyr-tj.h.- F'resn Association. THAMKS, Ki-iihiv. A sei ious lire broke out al S.WI hist night in ilic electric power lioiim . the* interior "I which was damaged, and the town plunged in darkness. It is supposed thai tin- lire occurred through sjMintanc. iii- comliii.-tioii in the apparatus warming the petroleum supply to the Dcissel i limine «Inch geiici aies the cleetrieilv. I'he In irk building was
little damage I, and the machinery is unharmed. Ihe buhl was i esioi ed t<i houses before midnight. Th" brigade worked well, and soon had tl c lire under control.
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Waikato Times, Volume 87, Issue 13268, 25 August 1916, Page 5
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102FIRE AT THAMES Waikato Times, Volume 87, Issue 13268, 25 August 1916, Page 5
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