FIRE AT TAUMARUNUI.
PUBLIC SCHOOL DESTROYED
Taumarunui, May 26. "At 8 o’clock last night an outbreak of fire was discovered in the District High School buildings. The brigade was quickly on the scene, but the flames already had a good hold on the building, which was one of the oldest wooden structures in the town. The fire was subdued after two hours of strenuous work, but the major portion of the building was badly damaged. The cause of the fire is unknown. . The library books, a quantity of stationery and desks, and the science room equipment were saved. Everything was in order when the headmaster locked the school at 5 o’clock. The insurances are not available.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MH19230529.2.22
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2586, 29 May 1923, Page 3
Word count
Tapeke kupu
116FIRE AT TAUMARUNUI. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2586, 29 May 1923, Page 3
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in