A COSTLY FIRE
CAUSED BY SPARK FROM AN ' ENGINE. .' • • By Teleerash—Press Association. enristchurch,' January 24. . A spark from the engine of a passing train ignited dry grass in front of tlie Post and Telegraph Department's store at Addington to-day. The 'firo spread to. sixty or'seventy, reels ofttelephone cable, and before it was. ex-'. tinKuisli'ed everyone was morp or less seriously damaged. Though "there will bo some salvage .the' loss will run into several. thousands of pounds, tlie material not being insured.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 103, 25 January 1919, Page 6
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81A COSTLY FIRE Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 103, 25 January 1919, Page 6
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