WORKSHOP DESTROYED BY FIRE
By Tcli'Eraph.-Tress Association. Tauranga, June 20. Tit* Public Works railway workshop aI: Mount ITaunganui was totally destroyed *y fire at II o'clock this morning. Tliero were 110 means ot' lighting the outbreak nn<l the building. of wood and iron, was (inickiy destroyed, together with much ■valuable machinery. The outbreak apparently started in the vicinity ol' I lie boiler. 'The engineer is iib-enl, and llio 'value of the shop and machinery is j;ot ascertainable, but it must: amouul: to several thousand pounds. The loss is bound to have un ell'ect on Ihe construction of this portion of the Jiast Coast railway.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 229, 21 June 1919, Page 7
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