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Description

Shown here are the remains of Pedgden's furniture workshop and factory after the fire of 5 April 1910. The fire was said to have been one of three set by Joseph Powelka, an escaped prisoner. Powelka denied the charges but was convicted of the fires.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Fi 17
Date
April 1910
Digitisation ID
2010N_Fi17_3536
Held In
Coolstore

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Place
Palmerston North

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License
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Taxonomy

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building,
buildings,
destruction,
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