WANGANUI’S FIRE ENGINE.
A PUBLIC TRIAL.
Per Press Associationj
WaDganui, last night,
A public trial of the new fire engine imported for the fire brigade took place this afternoon, in the presence of a iarge number of people. The engine, which is only a motor engine, in Australia cost £IOOO, and is capable of pumping 24,000 gallons of water per hour. The water was thrown about twenty feet above the flagpole of the new post office.
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Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 932, 3 July 1903, Page 2
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