FIRE DESTROYS A DREDGE.
A MYSTERIOUS OUTBREAK. [Pee Press Association. 1 Napier, May 10. Tlje well-known dredge, "C.D.K.," which was responsible for the reclamation of the whole of Napier South, having boon engaged in the work for the past fourteen years, was destroyed by fire on' Saturday afternoon at a spot near Hastings street south extension. The flredgemafiter states that all hands left the dredge at 11.16 in the morning, and about an hour afterwards he received a communication that she was on fires. A bucket brigade got to work, but without avail. When the dredge, was left, the dredge master states, the tires were banked, and the cause of the outbreak is a mystery to him. The engine and boiler has not been damaged, and it is thought that most of the machinery will bo usable in the construction of a new dredge. The C.D.K. was recently taken over by the Napier Harbor Board from a syndicate which carried out the reclamation of Napie; South, the price being £looo.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 17, 11 May 1914, Page 3
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170FIRE DESTROYS A DREDGE. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 17, 11 May 1914, Page 3
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