FIRE PREVENTED
(British Official Wireless)
OUTBREAK IN PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COY. BUILDING
Rec. June 17, 5-.5 p.m. RUGBY, Thursday. At Holborn, a great crowd watched a strong force of firemen engaged from the tops of water towers and escapes, during an outbreak of a fire at the offiees of the Prudential Insurance Company. A large part of the office staff of 400 was withdrawn within two minutes of the alarm. The fire originated in part of the building under re-construction. Practically all the documents were saveli and no one was hurt, and only slight damage was done to the building.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 254, 18 June 1932, Page 5
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