TIMBER YARD ABLAZE
■ £50.000 DAMAGE. - ' (-..(Australian Press Association) 1 SYDNEY. October IP. Langdon-' and Lnngdon’s largo tim(berV/yaird, with . valuable, machinery, situated. at Glebe Point, near the cityj‘.Was..totally destroyed by fire today* x Ik ' .y. v: M . I,arg?<.. stacks of high class timber and also; huge stacks of ordinary building material went up in smoke. A strong, southerly wind hampered the. firemen, ' The damage is estimated at about £50,000. Two hundred men are now workless., „• .. . • ■ _ : ■ ■ ■ ■' The origin of the fire is not disclosed;-, ' ;-...
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Hokitika Guardian, 19 October 1929, Page 5
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82TIMBER YARD ABLAZE Hokitika Guardian, 19 October 1929, Page 5
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