LOCOMOTIVE SHED DEMOLISHED.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 949, 17 October 1910, Page 6

LOCOMOTIVE SHED DEMOLISHED.

A FIERCE 'BLAZE. '(By , Telegraph.—Press AssoclationJ r r :■ Gore, October 16. A destructive fire occurred at threa o'clock this morning, wtentho local irait' - way engine-shed wasburned: to tho ground. The . building v contained two, locomotives,- one of class K used on i; tho express;; between Gore.!: and King.stori, and .the other '! of" . Class Fr-a.' ' shunter. A gale .was-raging all night, and the- structure, being wood,- v was - • quickly, demolished' before , any ■.efforts could bo made- to remove the engines. . The brigade ~was powerless to. do any - more than' prevent the . spread of the : .flames to buildings near by.. Indeed, : ifc • . was fortunate that.• .the. wind was from ■*: '; the west,- and ' aot-from the opposite , direction, as, in tho .latter alternative, it is highly probable . that a number of tho main. street; shops, forty- yards away/ would have been destroyed. Tlia pumping'plant) in: tho same building,, consistingv of a high-power, oil engine : and pump, was seriously damaged; The two locomotives present a most: dilapidated appearance. in the daylight. AH' y. the light fixtures are buckled- or torn off. by the' excessive heat.. There, will . 'be no interruption' in the as ■ a - special train arrives.- here to-night from Invercargill with other locomotives.' iThe origin of • tho outbreak".. a complete mystery. .