SPECTACULAR FIRE
TIMBER DESTROYED INVERCARGILL LOSS (Per Press Association.) INVERCARGILL, this day. Several thousand pounds’ worth of s'ackcd timber, ranging from old oak, which cannot be replaced, was destroyed in a spectaclar fire in the factory and yard of Broad and Small, Limited, Tyne street, yesterday afternoon. The fire, which originated in the bedding and upholstery department, gutted the back portion of the wooden factory and spread through nearly 100 stacks of timber in the adjoining yard. The flames, driven by a strong wind, threatened the joinery factory of Caldcr, Mackay, Limited, two chains away, past an empty section.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20085, 3 November 1939, Page 9
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99SPECTACULAR FIRE Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20085, 3 November 1939, Page 9
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