FIRE DAMAGE
OUTBREAK IN STUDIO (Per United Press Association) WELLINGTON, Oct. 8. A fire in the early hours of this morning at 102-104 Wakefield street, was responsible for considerable damage to stocks, mainly by water and some damage to the building and the complete gutting of the rooms of Max Studios, display advertisers, where the fire started. At the rear of the top floor an empty room was also burned out. and the partitions in the passage were blackened and charred. The offices of Charles McPhee and Co„ woollen warehousemen, escaped with damage to the ceiling, and some minor water damage. Water, dirt and charred wood penetrated to the floor below, considerably damaging the stocks of J- E Sutcliffe, Ltd., warehousemen. The stocks were covered with canvas sheets by firemen, thus preventing serious loss. Water reaching the Bible and Tract Depot, two floors below was particularly destructive, ruining a quantity of books and pamphlets.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24424, 9 October 1940, Page 9
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154FIRE DAMAGE Otago Daily Times, Issue 24424, 9 October 1940, Page 9
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