A BRISBANE FIRE
TIMBER YARD AND MILL. DAMAGE XEARTA' £30,000. [By Electric Teleoravii—-Copyright I [United Press Association.] (Received 9. Id a.mA Brisbane, September I. One of tlie most destructive fires for several years almost totally destroyed Waymond’s timber yard and sawmill at Xewsteacl. A large quantity of valuable in a clhnery, over a million end a quarter feet of pine, and a quantity of hardwood were burned. The origin is unknown. The lire burned fiercely for several hours. The damage is nearly £.‘10,000. The insurances are £7OOO. Seventy men were idled. The firemen had difficulty in preventing the fire spreading to a large gasometer belonging to the Brisbane Gas Company.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 100, 1 September 1913, Page 5
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110A BRISBANE FIRE Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 100, 1 September 1913, Page 5
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