THE CHRISTCHURCH FIRE.
•RUINS STILL BURNING.
press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, Feb. 13. The ruins of Warded’s _ factory, which have been smouldering since the fire List Thursday night, began _to burn fiercely this morning, and the brigade had to get to work. lhe -shell of the building contained loft, or 20ft of debris, apparently consisting ma-inly of bricks and charred beams, and from this a dense cloud of smoke was rising, with an amount of force that indicated a strong fire underneath. ..There was no danger of the fire spreading, hut the smoke was a source of considerable annoyance to the. neighboring businesses. This afternoon the brigade was still pumping water into the ruins, hut had not succeeded'in suppressing the fire. - -
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2115, 14 February 1908, Page 2
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119THE CHRISTCHURCH FIRE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2115, 14 February 1908, Page 2
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