FIRE

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 622, 27 September 1909, Page 8

FIRE

; '-' : FIEE- ; AT HATAITAI.:' ;. '' V A dull red glow against the sky >bn; Satis»\ , i iky';evening, indicated a blaio bohind. Mount Victoria. The brigade.", received •a' call from,, Hataitai at 6.50 p.m.,and, proceeding to.that suburb; via,the' toamway.tunneL ; found.a six- . roomed one story '■' house, 'on ' Matai Koad, owned and occupied,,by:Mm Eva,Brightwell,' - solidly ablaze, and a similar.house : ricit.door (only separated by a six or eight-foot passage) - seriously 'threatened. ; The- latter;house.. -yrai; ■■■. ocoupied by Mr. James Burburly, and, owned by Mrs. Louisa Price. . The fire wasveaused ~ through inadvertence in' disposing of matches ,' struck in the dark, Mr. and Mrs.' BrightweU:' { were about to'leave home for town,,whan Mr.,, BrightweU went into a back bedroom for.-sonie:'.., thing, and,, in doingso, struck come-half-dozen', matches,-- thei.haads :0f,.. two or' three flying'off \~, before"he could get, one* to light.. Subsequently '., , he and Mrs.. BrightweU-and the; children loft, the house, stepped,into a-neighbour's for a few: minutes, and were about to,board a city-bound •"■' car whin they were advised that their house, was on fire. -They hastened back, only to find , the house'-well ablaze. ■; The house and con-V tents were totaUy destroyed:,- The' building - was. -■" insnred'for JE6oo,,:and;'the';'contonts;lor X3so;'-'-(the latter, in the Royal office); -',v.' ;••''. - :■' , , The -and-rear of- the* adjoining ~. house was4sevcirely.,Wama|e , d' , by''fire, M -'and-som(! .','■"' trouble-was experienced in suppressing a fur-' ther; spread .through; the'''fire i. gßttifig under : the roof. 'Jlbis'house-*as insured'in the State tfffice-ifor'- X6OO, "ahd'-tbe- cbntents,-iri the-.-Eoyal''' •'• foffice for, JBISO.- Superintendent O'Brien, of the Fire Brigade, sbites -that a good pressure 1 ' of water was available, from Wthe '■'. Hataitai -■' ■'' mains./ The Kilbirnie '. volunteer .fire brigade ■ ■"> also did good, service.. ,-.:;,. •„,.„■