Aug 28, 2018
July 8, 1940 Fire at the Mayne Store Pakenham
July 8, 1940 Fire at the Mayne Store Pakenham
July 8, 1940 Pakenham’s main business block was this morning reduced to a mass of smouldering ruins when the worst fire in the history of the village caused damage estimated at between $60,000 1 and $70,000. The buildings destroyed were five business places and two residences. Two other homes were badly damaged and the heaviest loser was Mr. James Cox, whose three-storey stone store and…
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