THE BAND CHICKENS DISTROYED.
. .1,1 VI Li.'cuil'ed id.xiul ' a.m. on '■i-.iy :;! Mr (">. Webb '- poultry t'ai n :. K.iv, ;, i;..;id fa.-;, near Levin, re--iii'iiig in ibe loss o: between '."JO arid Il 'oo chicks. The chicks were located in il mechanical brooders contniiird in a !arg. brooder house measuring unit n.v lolt The brooders are heated by iamps which are burning continu- ■ usiy. and il is surmised that one oi ihese exploded, causing tlie conflagration. An alarm reached the Fire Brigade, whb-h soon reached ihe scene. A coimeciioii was made with ihe water supply, hut it was not used. The firemen, however, did all possible io save liriMiei loss. The brooder house, stool-;, etc., was uninsured, and Mr Webb i- a loser to T be extent of about £3OO,
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Otaki Mail, 14 August 1922, Page 4
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127THE BAND CHICKENS DISTROYED. Otaki Mail, 14 August 1922, Page 4
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