RESERVOIR BURSTS
IN CBRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL YARDS 1 heavy damage reported \Bj Telegraph—Fr«s ASssacoatiltti. Chrlatchurch, April 1.. At about 7.30 this morning the new sis hundred thousand gallon re* servoir which was recently erected iiJ the City Council yards in Manchester Street, near tho destructor, hurst, and the liberated water in a few did damage estimated , at 1 betweenij £2000 and £3000. ' The brick wall of'the city morguej was completely demolished, and thsj battery bouse of tho'electrical depait* raent, containing £2000 worth ,of hafc-< teries, was razed to the ground. i
Tho power-houso had a narrow et* cape from very serious damaged The reservoir was used to bold attj extra supply of hot water for the mu"' hicipal tepid lath. ,
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3043, 2 April 1917, Page 4
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120RESERVOIR BURSTS Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3043, 2 April 1917, Page 4
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