FIRE.
The. Fire Brigade received a call at 12:50 p.ni on Monday last to a fire at .Mr. F. Pryke's furniture factory and show rooms at the comer of Bristol and Main Streets. The brigade was quickly on the scene Jbut the inflammable nature of tihe contents 'of the braiding made all thought of salvage impossible, The fire originated in a bale of kapoc whic-h. was stored in< the factory at th-o rear of the premises and was soon fanned into a roaring furnace which spread through the entire building and destroyed "t&e whole -stock of furniture, linos, etc.
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Hutt News, Volume 2, Issue 39, 6 March 1930, Page 5
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99FIRE. Hutt News, Volume 2, Issue 39, 6 March 1930, Page 5
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