FIRES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 869, 15 July 1910, Page 3

FIRES.

A CHEMICAL ENGINE'S WORK. 1 ' ' (By TelesraDh—Press Association.! Hastings .July 13. The efficacy of the chemical fire, engine was fully demonstrated last night, when an outbreak occurred in an old two-story block of buildings next the Grand Hotel. Tho fire had burned through from the ground to tho upstairs rooms, but the doors' and windows were kept closed,' arid the chemicals quickly extinguished the flames. Had they failed the whole' block, from the Grand Hotel 'to the Union. Bank corner, must have, gone, as an" asbestos joint blew out of the "steamer" engine before it could get into action. OLD WOODEN HOTEL BURNT. Dunedin, July 14. Tho. old ICaikorai Junction Hotel, now used as a private boardinghouse, containing twenty rooms, was, destroyed by fire early this morning. Tho house was owned by Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson, of the North Island, and . occupied by John Ross, his wife, and brother-in-law. The fire. is supposed to have been caused by a defective chimney. The house.and furniture were totally destroyed. Insurances were: On the buildin;, JCSOO in the Royal; oil tho furniture, ,£225 in the Alliance. The place, which was old and constructed of wood, burnt out in half an hour. One of the inmates had to escape by a window.