FIRE IN A FACTORY.
BOY BADLY BURNED. TWO PERSONS SERIOUSLY INJURED. ADELAIDE, August 29. Weisse and Varcoe's wickerware factory was destroyed by fire. A boy was engaged burning off some rough cane ends, when a pot\of varnish became ignited, the boy's, clothes were fired, and he was badly burned. The flames spread with alarming rapidity, and employees working in the uppur tloors had great difficulty in escaping. Two jumped from the windows and were seriously injured.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9179, 31 August 1908, Page 5
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76FIRE IN A FACTORY. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9179, 31 August 1908, Page 5
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