FIRES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 684, 8 December 1909, Page 8

FIRES.

.:■'.; ANOTHER FL^XMILL,BLAZE. '. •^: :v ; : iDAMAGEABOUT; jeiooo.'- ' -:ff^ ■;•.:■ ',';;.. IBs TelctraDh.-Prcis a»ao C laUon.l ;■'.-'.; : ''■? '-.''.' v;,/", ■„'.' ;•• ■■', Chh'stchurch, December 7. \ ■■. A well-equipped floxmill,- the property :.o!V' '? Mr. Charles Leech, of Rangiora, was burned -' " down thisi moping; The fire was discovered; : "': about-9 oclock at the back of the shed. The' ''•'. men; being at,work in front of tho building. : A'-; : did not observe the-outbreak for some time,:-';'- ■: and the names had' then . obtained a strong'• :. hold. . Although there was a good water Bnp. : .'■ ply at hand and' efficient firo : ' was .found impossible to- check the progress- '' ,':' of the fire. The' stripping and scutching'shedsi : - ; were gutted, and the engines damaged. In ad- ■'>'.' dition to this,; half a ion-of prepared fibre and •''•/£ 10 tons of- tow'wero 'consumed; ■■'.■'V- ; u-' ' i3l- • tot s-■■ daniago" is. estimated "at . about -"jit.£looo, and, unfortunately for tho owwjr, the • : >: ■property was not covered by any-insurance. ■:'-:'.■ : About fifteen - men - have been ' thrown ' out' oi " work, but Mr. Leech intends to re-erect' the' •: .'■'■ v, mill as soon ns'possible.'" ■■ \ ;• v -'.'.' >'.''-:''. .'greymouth factory burnt oot\ ; ;;;';; i '■-'', ;; „ ".">• ." ■'■'■'■ , Gnsymouth, : ;,;v: A fire occurred at three o'clock this morning' --: • ' in a factory recently erected for the Fresh ''"■- Food; and Ice : Company. The building was r'V completely gutted, and most, of the machinery W; Y--■:'■ damaged to an extent sufficient to stop churn-- ! < • -.-' ing for several weeks. No cause for the out-. .-' break is assigned. The fire originated in a- : '-•':':■'" store-room. 'Ihe manager and two hands - ' worked in the dairy, till 9.30 p.m. yesterday, '''.'.'•'- finishing up the churning, after which, they ": V ■: washed -their factory clothes.- Arrangement!;'-■" have been nindo to send the cream to a neigh- 1 ■'••'■■•■.'"-. bouring factory till repairs aro effected. The: : -.' : . building is. to, be.renewed at the close of .the'': :-,Y season.'- The insurance is ,£I6OO in the Atlas -. i > '■ ' i Office.on,building and plant." ■:'.-., ■.'.::,''';: .: v: RESIDENCE DESTROYED.-1 - 4--?;"'/',; ■k' ; -"-X "i , , Christchurch, December 7. : .v' : "; : On Sunday, night the residence of Wcstenra• ■'.'A .■'■ - 8r05.,.-at Dunsandol, was burned down. The 41-'; building was insured in the London, Liverpool,-' :;; and Globe office for'i4oo, andthe contents for-'' - ~ ;\ ~£lOO, while the London and Lancashire office -' ; also had £250 on the building.,". ' -■; .:.v.;i::s ?:■■■ '.;■ Tie simplicity,.of. action and.- great' cffectrßO- ; vr ;; "••'-- ness of, the Minimal Hand Firo Extinguisher - have been proved by the actual suppression of r .. '. numerous fires.' A. ,T. Bate, Nathan's BtM-'i' ■ -: ings,/ Wellington,' is, tho '..V ,: V,'.''"-""