THE STEAM FIRE ENGINE.
TO THE BWIOB. Sib,— « When are we to have the steam fire engine ? is a queotion asked by many of the ratepayers. Take a day that we experience very often, a howling nor'wester blowing. Afire breaks out m a block of buildings m East street, and fanned by the terrific wind soon makea headway. An alarm ia given and the hand engineß are Boon at work, bat what nse are they m such a body of flUme. The result is that half the town is devastated, because the City Fathera have not the energy to set about supplying this want, Trusting we shall bear something further on tbis Bobjeot, §1 am, etc., Aw Indignant Ratepayer!
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1824, 25 April 1888, Page 3
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119THE STEAM FIRE ENGINE. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1824, 25 April 1888, Page 3
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