Print, Photographic, Fire, Tauranga Hotel

Production date
15 Feb 1936
Current rights
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Description
An unmounted velox print showing a view of a fire on The Strand from the Farmers Trading Co building. Several men on street including one fireman and the Thornycroft Fire Engine. On reverse 'Tauranga Hotel fire from Farmers now present Bay Outfitters' [comment not dated but obviously written some years after fire]. Headlines in 'The Bay of Plenty Times', 17 February 1936, "Destructive Fire On Strand. Tauranga Hotel and Five Shops Reduced to Ruins Within an Hour. Old Two-Storied Block Burns Fiercely. Brigades Hopeless Task. Desperate Fight Saves Adjoining Shops. Loss Estimated at 12,000 pounds".
Production date
15 Feb 1936
Production place
Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Measurements
58mm (height), 82mm (width)
Accession number
0395/08

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