DESTRUCTIVE FIRE
G&AIN STORE DESTROYED
(By Telegraph—Press Association)
BLENHEIM, August 16
A disastrous fire involving the total loss of about £13,000 broke put in A. M. Cony and Co’s store at Spring Creek last night. The building and fittings were valued at £3,000 and the stocks it contained worth about £IO,OOO. No fire-fighting facilities were available and it was impossible to attempt to salvage, the heat being so great. At the height of the .fire, the blaze presented an awe-inspiring spectacle.
The building was leased by Corry and Co. from Robertson and Mills and was used principally as a grain store, it was insured for £IBOO in Northern Office; also £2OO in the same office on the seed-cleaning plant. The store contained 8,000 sacks of chaff, 3,500 to 4,000 sacks of barley, and about 1,500 sacks of seed peas, as well as general merchandise. Insurances total £7,500 in the Commercial Union.
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Hokitika Guardian, 16 August 1929, Page 5
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