Fire Destroys Large Wool Store at Blenheim
Blenheim, Aug. 24. One of the largest stores at Blenheim's riverside wharves was destroyed by fire at 9.30 this morning, as well as a small quantity of baled wool, hay and straw. The building, constructed of corrugated iron, was a seething mass of flames when the brigade arrived. Owned by the Wairau Harbour Board the store was insured for £1400. The hay and wool were owned by C. W. Parker and Co. and Levin and Co.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19420825.2.56
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Taranaki Daily News, 25 August 1942, Page 4
Word count
Tapeke kupu
83Fire Destroys Large Wool Store at Blenheim Taranaki Daily News, 25 August 1942, Page 4
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Taranaki Daily News. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in