TIMBER MILL FIRE
£15,000 LOSS. (By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) PALMERSTON N., July 28. The timber mill and box factory owned by William Cook and Sons, was totally destroyed by fire on Saturday evening. The blaze was probably the largest and most destructive in Palmerston North for a number of years and certainly the most spectacular. The flames, fanned by a strong westerly breeze, had gripped the whole structure before the brigade arrived on the scene, although advised oif the outbreak by private automatic alarm system installed in mill. The fire fighters confined their efforts. to saving the adjoining buildings, and timber stacks, covering about an acre of ground. The loss is estimated at £15,000, while a large number of men will be thrown out of work. The firemen had several narrow escapes. The city was thrown into darkness as the result of the flames melting fuses on the main feeder, while the telegraph lines connecting with Hawke’s Bay were broken.
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Hokitika Guardian, 29 July 1930, Page 7
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