SMART BRIGADE WORK SAVES BIG FIRE
WELLINGTON, Dec. 3. Within lninutes ot ciitching alight a! 4.1.1 ji.iu. toiluy the rejiair rooiu aii'i More on the lir.M iloor of the Para Rubher i 'urnjianv 's preniises, 155 WilJL. Street, was lierrelv nbla/.e. Flames ano Miioke belehed from the windows and a puugent >meil of lmrniiig rublier lille'l the air. The lire lirigade was ofi th-M-enc sniartly and did vell to eonfiiie ihe idaze to oue looni. This was ;i lire in the centre of th capital's urtiu Hiopping centre and had the lirigade !»een in atiy w ay tardy, tliu ehanees are that the Idaze would lia\ e sw ( pt a wide area eausing treniendous daniage. The lieat was inlense and sky Jiglit windows in the vieinity burst with ioud report*. The repair room is adjaeent -a switelibotird on w l.ieh the t'use Idew out aliont two n inntes liefore the lire broke out. The maiiage! oi the njnipaiiy. llr. (>. D. I ittle, foruierly of Palmerston Xorth. liefore the lirigade arrivetl, , rushed to liglit ihe outbreak with *a liand *xt iiiguisher, luit the lietit was toe intens- to alhiw him to approaeh elosei . .M r. Paltle e-iuld not give an estimate of the damage luit said it wxis eoasidc alde. Water poured through the roof iuto the slmp of W. H. Tisdall, Ltd., sports goods dealers, where stocks were ! eovered witli farpaulins.
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Chronicle (Levin), 4 December 1947, Page 5
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231SMART BRIGADE WORK SAVES BIG FIRE Chronicle (Levin), 4 December 1947, Page 5
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