FIRES IN THE CITY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 426, 8 February 1909, Page 4

FIRES IN THE CITY.

THREE' OUTBBE AKS.

' Since .'.tbe'slastt'^ ,Saturday;morningr three 1 outbreaks:of ftre;oo. v ;."v:. burred,m;tne city. ."'A' uve-ro.bmedrhbusb/at''-.'-■= Wadestown was■;totally.'destroyed;' ari incipienCl-it-' -conflagration was • suppressed- in a 1 'shed in 'Ala- ; meida '.Terrace .(oft Wordsworth Street) ,-t and' 1 '■'■■■- damage;-; to 1 . the •■•-■. of <>; '.£4OO \; or '-.-.ir '.£soo' -~ was caused •' the -ignition ■<-■ of;:; some, y planks•',' which .'.-.were .■• lying: .iiear ~ -'' the - - ovens", at■• < Messrs. ;P. Hutsbn■' and Com- '■- : ='■■-.' pany-s.;brick:an'd.tile-works in\Wallace Street;: : •': this last 'was attended, by" rather, a mis- ■ nap'to.a. fireman of the New.towi:Fir3 Brigade.H. s ;.y,lhe ! 'outbreak' at'Wadestown'occurred ai 5 ■'-'.'■. : ',. p.m.,in a)five-roomed"house:in'..School.;Road,,'... "owned :.by: a Mr.; ;Hallett :(occupier '.'unknown). ' ! .777 .There.-was. no 1 .,0ne- intthe house at.;th'e time/ ' and the origin;pf -the';'fire is. a,mystery; i:-.The;t>-: brigade was .the.outbreak, :; \intil-.tv : : : ' after,'the'.'damage, had ; been 'done. :A couple of tt'\>" brigadesraen' were sent upto.see "that, every-.-':.': thing-was in-order,'and.that the, neighbouring 777 buildings l were;safe.:;:; ; "-.'.'.'. '.--.■ ":■ '■- '-,-; . : V>'V^ -'■■' 7 ,At; 11.22 p.m; the same ■• of: fire .'-was' discovered in.ari outhouse., used- as'a .coal arid.wood house: at' the rear of • 'No. <\i ";-.":' Almeida Terrace—a; sis-roomed houso'-'oecupied' ■*'"?■" by' Mr. 'Alex.' Neilson, ..and. owned by; Mrs'i-: M-Donald:..'..The brigade',;had no difficulty iixi extinguishing: the outbreak,' the .most.s'erioiis:!''. damage;being the destruction of, a bicycle which- .'•' was kept .in. the' shed.," There..'were no insur- •'••" anoes.;;. ■•'■'.'■■'7.?■■::-'■• . ■■.'■■■-■':■ ' 7o>^ : 7 7Ph'7-.^-y: : J:77' .' Yesterday morning, at one o'olock,; smoke was' / ; ; 1 seen'.issuing from;, the premises ofMessrs.. P.-' "77 flutsori,; and > Company, -l)riok'-'ahd. ; pipe >niann-' :: t faeturers.-Eolleston and.Wallace Streets, New-' 7*7. town. ? The outbreak, .which was caused by. the (■•'■'•''-' ignition of some pipe boards, which, .following -t; tho'usual'onstom,;it was stated,•had. : beenileft :v : ; -.' ! lying near the drying-oven's on the ground flobiv -tThe flames spread up .the. partition walls' to theV ' V roof, over the pressing 'and drying .rooms, where ! - : r: .most:of;the damage-was done.' .The stook'-was;'.-. damaged- by- lyat'errthe,drying pipes being re-V:' dnced to; their original: clay% pulp. : The' ■pressibn of. the fife 'kept the' brigade 'busy.', for;t - -;' about an hour-and a half. Tha insurances "are ; .'-': 7 ;nbt : kuown: •'•';.;'.;'."'■'■;■'■;" ";. ..-.';■' ;■ "■s'v-;.; r :?'-::;v'" ; '.'During the operations at Hntson's- prcmisesi t-1. : . Fircniau.-Mlean,' of:.the■ Newtown.:Station...fellV." 7 through a.skylight to the ground; a'drop of .ten O' ■' feet,tand"was\ severely .bruised about -the/body.''-.'.; . Ho;:wi». : taken'-to the; hospital,.- where his"iri- 7 , : juries,.which .'"are" not of. a' serious, nature, \™re.-;i' attended to.:- > He is expected tobe'able to leave the, hospital in the'course of two'or,'three days.' - ; : :i