Much Damage When Farm Shed Gutted
NEW PLYMOUTH, Oct. 6. , Damage estimate^ at between £3000 and £4000 resufted from a fire that occurred on Mr. II. M. Tayior's farni at Tariki tonighti The damage would have been much greater but for the efforts of a hastily forined bucket I brigade which was later reinforoed by ' the Inglewood Fire Brigade. The brigade had to travel about 10 miles to the fire. . KiTjip outbreak Was first -noticed in a truck hou'sed between the implement shed and cowslied. Fanned by a stiff northerly winu, it soon begamto spread towards the sheds. When the brigade arrived it was too late to save the implement shed in which drums of benzine made the task more difficult, and the building, which was about 80 feet by 40 feet, was completely gutted. It contained a great deal of valuable farm maehinery, part of which had arrived only two days before.
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Chronicle (Levin), 7 October 1949, Page 7
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153Much Damage When Farm Shed Gutted Chronicle (Levin), 7 October 1949, Page 7
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