DOWN.—A Factory Destroyed

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 14, 2 April 1903, Page 9

DOWN.— A Factory Destroyed

The North of Ireland (says the ' Freeman's Journal ') has had more than its share of the fiery epidemic which has raged — the word is scarcely too strong considering the large number of fires — throughout Ireland during the past five or six weeks. On Saturday night, February 7, the Woodburn (ominous word) Linen Weaving and Bleaching Factory near Carrickfergus was consumed by fire, and the damage is estimated at £25,000. while 200 persons will be thrown out of employment. As happened when almost a whole street was wiped out in Armagh a few weeks ago, the Belfast Fire Brigade had to bo summoned, and when they arrived, about an hour later ten men with their engine were able to do much towards staying the work of the flames. It was the fourth or fifth fire of considerable importance in the North of Ireland within the course of three or four weeks, and the total damage caused by these conflagrations cannot be less than £100,000.