FIRE AT PERTH.
Perth, April 25. The most disastrous fire in the history of the city has occurred here. It completely gutted Sandover and Company’s large tourstory hardware establishment. The fire started in a cellar amongst paint and benzine, and spread with tremendous rapidity. There was a heavy stock of explosives in the cellar. Half the firemen attacked the flames, and the remainder entered the explosives department, and singly secured parcels, which they removed into safety. The work was dangerous, owing to the explosion of cartridges. The fire raged for hours, and traffic in the adjoining streets was suspended. White and Company’s and Mackay’s drapery establishments were considerably, and other places slightly, damaged, Sandover’s insurances are ,£46, 034, but it is stated this does not represent anything like the loss. The other premises are insured.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3763, 27 April 1907, Page 3
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135FIRE AT PERTH. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3763, 27 April 1907, Page 3
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