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Extracts from September 29th 1913

TIMBER YARD FIRE AT YARMOUTH.

SHIPPING ENDANGERED.

Early on Saturday morning fire broke out in the timber yard of Messrs. [Palgrave], Brown, and Son (Limited), in Southtown, Yarmouth. The fire spread rapidly and very soon the yard was a mass of flame about 200 yards square. As the yard has a long frontage on the river several vessels laden with timber from Sweden and Finland had to shift their moorings for safety. On Southtown-road the telegraph wires were sundered, trees caught fire, and the electric light and tramway standards became red hot. The burning wood fell into the river and, collecting into small masses, floated down towards Breydon, to the danger of the numerous fishing craft.

After six hours' work the fire brigade succeeded in mastering the flames and restricting the area of damage. The offices and mills are intact, but the neighbouring engineering works and yards in their vicinity have sustained some damage. The total loss is not yet known, but it is heavy. The cause of the outbreak has not yet been ascertained.

In the original, the name is given as Palgrove.

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