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Hawke's Bay Times, Issue 1629, 17 November 1874, Page 431

The burning of the landing-stage at Liverpool is one of the most important and disastrous events of the day. In addition to the immense loss, which the offical report estimates at £300,000, there is a constantly accruing expense by thG obstruction of traffic, especially that across the river, which it is very difficult to manage. The wreck of the great landingstage, an object with which all the world of travellers were familiar, is sad to beholdWith the exception of a small portion at the north end, and a smaller bit in the middle, the ruin is complete. This triumph of engineering skill is a mass of charred timbers and damaged and twisted ironwork. The bridges, however, are saved) and one, the hanging bridge, is worth £30,000. Perhaps no place in the world is more inextricably bound up with the life-long memories of numberless multitudes of people than the landing-stage at Liverpool—the scene of the meeting and the parting which share so many lives between them,