PRECAUTIONS AGAINST FIRE.
' Superintendent* Erck', ;in < a';'report", to the Christchurch Fire. Board,, stated that ' tho practice of storing a larga number of empty cases at the ;roar. of blocks' of buildings .in the city constituted a grave; danger to sur-' rounding property, as /sparks, from a fire were likely to fall on such 'inflammable stocks, which wore.of light wood,' and usually filled with'straw. and,other, light packing. Hβ suggested" that a regulation should be framed to . prevent the practice."'' ; ;. T . . -The chairman . said that although all tho members lenew danger it was difficult to frame a regulation. It was hard to say what were , the reasonable requirements of business people,-and to say where the line wae to be drawn. '' ■. : ■■. V '■■ . . ■ The superintendent, in answer to a" question, said that in some cities business people ■■were not allowed to store cases. In Christ-' church there were piles on piles of cases close to buildings. . ..■; ': . ■,'.'.•■.■■' . The matter was referred to the By-laws Committee... ' ' . .; • V . ■ ■
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 490, 24 April 1909, Page 6
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161PRECAUTIONS AGAINST FIRE. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 490, 24 April 1909, Page 6
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