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…