Destraction of the Kiwitea Sawmill.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1505, 13 November 1885, Page 4

Destraction of the Kiwitea Sawmill.

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[Feilding Star.] 1 What is really a public calamity to , Jbke^sidsnjtei on >; ,the,sM^riche)ster>Blo^k ' Sccurred on Thursday morning, when Mflasra P;.; and J.'Barjtholonwwla^KMi^ tea a ieam Sawmills were destroyed by fire. The particulars to hand show that at 11 o'clock last night, when the inijll wtttftvisited, all was safe,i and ,rfo\ signs of'fire, aY i2 'o'clock everything was m, the same satisfactory state, but at onethis morning the whole of the she^s were in y flames. When .the,. fire .. was ; dis--1 covered', a mo'ssenger rode down to Hr Peter Bartholomew, who was on the spqt at 1.30. All hands were already at work saving the r engines by, a .plentifuL supply t'of-Wteiv ilotii' of the mill flooded by the stream which runs through it to carry off the sawdust, being dammed and so raised high above its level. All hands worked with a will, and much valuable property 1 was saved ±rom utter destruction; The engines are much injjured, andS the steam pipes destroyed^ We may that the whole of the niaj; chinery and plant were ..of the beßt of their kind,on the coast. Tfie whole of the estimated loss is upwards of 4;5OOOj to cover r^Kich r tlierS is' m insurance o^ only je2oo6;in^the New Zealand Insur-j ance Company. Although this is a mis-; ortujie v .jifhicji might "dyer>i«r,hf lm)ineh\o4 ies8 VH determination and courage than" Messrs Bartholomew, yet we are glad to| learn immediate steps will be taken to, get themillinto ? without^ the shgHtest -unnecessary del Ayr !