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Title |
[CML building fire, Timaru, 1951] |
Description |
The CML (Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society Ltd) building, during an overnight fire on 17 April 1951. Depicts the local fire brigade's ladder unit in action, dousing the top of the building with water while a crowd looks on from the street below. The man at the top of the ladder was identified as GG Beckingham in 2020. Reports of the fire in the "Timaru Herald" of 18 April 1951, record that second and ground floor premises were heavily damaged by water. It also mentioned one of the few casualties was Mr E Harvey, of Tasman Electric, who suffered a mild electric shock while retrieving stock from within the building. |
Date |
1951 |
Place |
Timaru, N.Z. |
Format |
Print, Photographic |
Medium |
Paper, Photographic |
Processing Method |
silver gelatin print |
Print Size |
165(h) x 220(w) mm |
Original/Copy |
Original |
People |
Harvey, E Beckingham, G G |
Search Terms |
Colonial Mutual Life (CML) Building, Timaru Bridges & Milward, Engineers & Surveyors, Timaru Tasman Electric Ltd, Timaru Nicoll Brothers Ltd, frozen meat exporters, Timaru Martin, Wakefield & Co, accountants, Timaru |
Subjects |
Fire engines & equipment Fire fighting |
Catalogue Number |
2012/100.05 |