DRILL HALL DESTROYED BY FIRE.
A FUSILLADE. Received October 23, 10.55 p.m. SYDNEY, October 23. A fire destroyed the Military Drill Hall at Wagga. Two 12-pounder guns, a quantity of rifles and accoutrements were burned. Ten thousand rounds of ammunition kept up a fusillade for half an hour, rendering the work ot salving dangerous. The Brigade concentrated their efforts to drenching the portion of the building containing two hundred pounds of gunpowder, which by this means was prevented from exploding.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3026, 24 October 1908, Page 5
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80DRILL HALL DESTROYED BY FIRE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3026, 24 October 1908, Page 5
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