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Feilding Railway Station Fire, c. 1960

Firefighters control the blaze at Feilding Railway Station, 29th July, 1960. The building was badly damaged and parts were completely destroyed. A year and a half later, on the 7th of December 1961, the station was officially reopened.

The original station was constructed in 1887, at a cost of 710 pounds. Considerable improvements were made between 1897 and 1901, and this building remained with only a few modifications, until the first fire in 1960. Part of the building that stands today was demolished after a second fire in 1988.

Feilding Sash And Door Company : 38-2

The Feilding Sash and Door Company's timber factory, in Kimbolton Road, was extensively damaged by fire on 19th March, 1913. The fire started in the vicinity of the engine-room and from there spread in all directions. Gradually the fire was forced back from theoffices, which were practically untouched, and kept from spreading to huge stacks of timber. The part of the shed containing the stacks of rimu moulding and skirtings was the most difficult to extinguish, and the engine room was completely gutted. The estimate of the damage suffered was 2,000 pounds.

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