TIMBER FIRE.
JOINIRY WOBKS BURNED
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AUC-KfcANP, January 18,
/flj« joinery works of J, R, SimpsoA at Green Lane Railway Station destroyed by fire .early this morning. The building was of wood, A Bfeek Pi timber in the yard waa alio dflltfoyedi "At the rear of the building was a heap «f tawdust and shavings, and it is tUojigbVthftt the fir® °> a y h o * 6 te w» caused as tbe» result of this being set alight by a snarls from the engine of a paiiiivs traffli fhe factory and contents were in. sured with the South British Company for £ISOO, ■■■■•; At one stage-two of the wooden poles supporting the power wires eaugbt alight, hut these.minor biases were toon subdued, there was, however, danger that some wires running above the flames would breaki hut the spectators, pressing forward for a close view of the conflagration; ignored this risk, and happily the eables held,
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18904, 20 January 1927, Page 8
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156TIMBER FIRE. Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18904, 20 January 1927, Page 8
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