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Description

The old gasworks building was located near the railways sheds on Church Street West, which are possibly the ones on fire here. For a full account of the event, see Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9562, 5 August 1913, Page 5 in an article entitled "Explosion and Fire" (available online on www.paperspast.natlib.govt.nz).

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Rm 15
Date
August 1913
Digitisation ID
2014P_Rm15_007610
Held In
Coolstore

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Taxonomy

Tags
accident,
fire service,
firefighters,
firemen,
photographs,
railways,
tracks,
water,
westport,
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