DISASTROUS FIRE
IN ENGLISH AVIATION WORKS (United Press Association —By Electric Teiegrapli—Copyright.) , LONDON, October 12. .... One hundred thousand sterling in damage was done by a fire which destroyed the-, .Ffiirey Aviation Company’s experimental ..works at HambLe, including ten; =of. the world’s fastest. seaplanes, whipl}! .were being tested before delivery- ; t<> , the fleet’s air arm. One was sayed. .... The fire originated ,in .the main office, and spread so rgpidlly that the huge wooden building;.was a burning mass before the fire brigades could get to work. Rising fifty,: f ifeet high, the flames were seen twenty miles away.
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Hokitika Guardian, 13 October 1932, Page 5
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96DISASTROUS FIRE Hokitika Guardian, 13 October 1932, Page 5
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