BIG FIRE AT FOXTON.
ROPE WORKS DESTROYED.
rPEit Pnrcss Association.! PALMERSTON N., Dec. 6, Ross and Co’s rope wo lies, at Foxton, were totally destroyed by .fire on Saturday. The works were closed down at the usual time, but an hour and a half later a passer-by noticed flames through one of the windows at the opposite end of the building from the machinery. In a Jfew minutes the. building wa3 completely enveloped in flames, and ,a little later the'.roof collapsed,,, Within half an? hour of the outbreak the whole, building was totally destroyed, .together with machinery valued, at £IBOO, i which manufactured all classes of rope and twine. The value of the propertv saved, does not exceed £SOO. The fire will throw 70 men-out of emplyment for a long period, . owing to the fact that it will be necessary to import new, machinery from England. Fortunately the direction of the wind and the work of a bucket brigade rescued the office and a row ’of workmen’s cottages. 'The' insurance bn the Foxton fire totals £7OOO. The machinery was valued' at £18,000.. !' •." > :
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2678, 7 December 1909, Page 6
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182BIG FIRE AT FOXTON. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2678, 7 December 1909, Page 6
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