TOTALLY DESTROYED
SEAWARD DOWNS DAIRY FACTORY STOCKS OF CHEESE LOST [Pee United Phess Association.] INVERCARGILL, October 9. Starting in the boiler room, lira totally destroyed the Seaward Downs Dairy Factory, the third largest ini Southland, early this morning. Tha insurances totalled £5,000 —£2,000 oal the buildings and £3,000 on the vat and! plant. Stocks of cheese and renueti valued at £SOO were also destroyed. A light breeze was blowing at th» time, and the local store and post oflna also caught fire. The outbreak was noticed at 1.15, but nothing could b» done to check the flames, and the* 42-year-old factory was rapidly destroyed. Extensions made during tins winter cost £1,150, with the expectation that the season’s output would be increased to 570 tons of cheese.
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Evening Star, Issue 23702, 9 October 1940, Page 6
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126TOTALLY DESTROYED Evening Star, Issue 23702, 9 October 1940, Page 6
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