SIXTY firemen tackled a dawn blaze which wrecked a cloth factory. The fire at Belmont Bleaching and Dyeing Company destroyed two single-storey buildings and a three-storey block. The firms mananging director said the damage caused would not affect jobs.
People in East Lancashire had splashed through one of the wettest months on record. In the first two weeks of November, six inches of rain soaked Blackburn.
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