BUTTER BOX FACTORY DESTROYED
By Telegraph—Press Association. - Auckland, "December. 1, x\. "serious tire broke put this evening.. iii tho three-story butter-box factory of. Bagiia'll Bros.' and' Co., Freeman's Bay. The men had just been' paid for the week, and the engineer had just .coiicWded an. inspection of' the building when ' sm'oko was seen coming . apparently from the centre of the .building.' By tho time too .'fire brigade axrived the factory wa's"° ablaze from 1 end ■ to end. A detached office, likewise the. boiler-house, were also, alight. The firo was not extinguished luitil .after iivo hours' work on the part of the., brigades. The building was .of such x stout construction that although, part of the roof fell in the .-'machinery remains on 'throb' floors. The machinery was.valued at £3000; and the building at £2000, and .until inspection ie possible the exact amount of damage is 1 not ascertainable, but- it must be heavy;. The'insurances are in the New - Zealand office, but the amount is n'of 1 known. The origin of the'fire'is-uii-known.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2944, 2 December 1916, Page 4
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171BUTTER BOX FACTORY DESTROYED Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2944, 2 December 1916, Page 4
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