Big Fire At Suva
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From Our Own Correspondent
Suva, Oct. 16.
A MOTOR truck owned by Fiji Builders, a car and a cycle, as well as a large quantity of stock, were destroyed on October 6 in one of the most spectacular fires seen in Suva for some years, at the garage and workshops of Morris, Hed strom Ltd.
Oxygen cylinders exploded with a noise like cannon-fire, hurling pieces of metal
over nearby buildings and sending huge flames high above the burning workshops.
Most of the stock lost—tyres, refrig erators, spare parts, etc. —will be prac tically impossible to replace.
The alarm was given at 4 a.m. and within a few minutes the Suva Fire Brigade was on the spot. They did a good job of work in confining the blaze and getting it under control.
Mr. H. M. Smith, managing director of Guinea Airways Ltd., Adelaide, visited New Guinea on business last month.