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Flaxmills Destroyed by Fire - The Wanganui Herald of 1 December 1903

Kete Horowhenua2020-03-23T16:51:41+00:00

The Wanganui Herald of 1 December 1903 reported:

Flaxmills Destroyed by Fire.

Two flaxmills at Shannon, owned by Williams and Vickers and Bennett and Hamer, were destroyed by fire. The loss amounts to about £500 in each case.