BRIDGE ON FIRE
OUTBREAK AT WAIPUIvURAU
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W AIP UK Pit AU, October 21
The northern end of the Wiapukurau railway bridge was discovered ablaze by a milkman *at six o’clock this morning. The alarm was sounded and tije Fire Brigade quelled the outbreak with buckets and n hand pump. The tops of three piles 'were burned, together with a sill and centre cap. Temporary repair.? were,,.made in time to permit . the southward , ex-, press to pass through. Ttie> probable cause of the bridge becoming ignited was. by a spark from tlie engine of the southward-train at,;S.eyen ''o’clock last night. ,( .1
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Hokitika Guardian, 24 October 1933, Page 6
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104BRIDGE ON FIRE Hokitika Guardian, 24 October 1933, Page 6
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