FIRE IN A DISTILLERY
12,000' CASKS' OftI'LAMING. WHISKY J , — - , 11 Dy Telegraphs-Press l Association—Copyright ■ Lond6n,'Decemlierl9. ' ' Great crowds in Glasgow in. the early J morning, witched' 12j000 casks of .flaming whisky .flow .into. the north canal from .g th<i; ( Distillery , seven-storied j promises. .The spirit threatened to consuriio . the buildings and boats on:the > canal.' The firemen vainly endeavoured ] to dam tlio flood. Slany lines of hose,; * failed to extinguish the streams: Tho 1 ■firemen as a last resource' played tho > ' engines on the canal bank*, and pumped water* from tho bottom upon the surface. It was slow work, but. successful. 1 |
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2649, 21 December 1915, Page 8
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100FIRE IN A DISTILLERY Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2649, 21 December 1915, Page 8
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