AUTOMATIC FIRE ALARMS.
+ . A LESSON FROM THE WELLINGTON FIRE. ■ (SPECIAL TO ''THIS TRESS.") WELLINGTON. May Jff. Superintendent Tait. of the local Fire Brigade, discissing the rrcenl Jire in the Court-enay place boardinghousc. makes what tennis to bo an excellent suggestion. Hβ is of opinion that, it should ho made compulsory tor automatic fire alarms to be installed in every hotel and boardinghouso accommodating "20 pf>ople or more. Hai such au alarm been fitted in the kitchen of the Manchester Private Hotel, he believed there would not have been any fatality. Automatic, alarms ar» in fairly genera] use in largo _ establishments. They are telegraphically connected with the Fire Brigade station, and when they indicate a fire- the brigades turned out on the instant. Somv» of the instruments are very sensitive, and give an alarm before a fire has t chance to do much damage.
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Press, Volume L, Issue 14972, 20 May 1914, Page 4
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143AUTOMATIC FIRE ALARMS. Press, Volume L, Issue 14972, 20 May 1914, Page 4
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