PAPER STILL BURNING
WHAKATANE OUTBREAK SMOULDERING T> MONTHS Although it is nearly five months since the fire commenced, the ashes of the baled paper in the Whakatanc paper mills store ore still smouldering. There were about 400 tons of paper in the store when the fire begad, and so tightly packed was the paper that if was impossible to extinguish fhc blaze. Water was poured on to the flames for days, but the heart cf the fire could not be reached and ail that could 'be done was to allow the fire to burn itself out, a process which is proving very slow. The concrete walls of the store are still standing.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19987, 12 July 1939, Page 8
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112PAPER STILL BURNING Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19987, 12 July 1939, Page 8
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