FIRES.
NEWSPAPER OFFICE DESTROYED
(Per Press Association.)
Timaru, January 20
The wooden building of the ‘Temuka News’ printing establishment was burned down tins morning and the plant and machinery practically destroyed. An adjoining shed containing chaff and superphosphates was also destroyed. A stiff breeze was blowing, and the brigade had hard work to save the timber yard across the narrow street. The staff had just completed printing the paper when smoke was seen coming through the wall. The orign of the fire is a mystery. The building was insured for ! £l5O, and the plant for £350 in the ■ Ocean Office.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 19, 21 January 1913, Page 8
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100FIRES. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 19, 21 January 1913, Page 8
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