SUPPRESSION'OF CITY FIRES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 953, 21 October 1910, Page 3

SUPPRESSION'OF CITY FIRES.

SIX MONTHS' WORK.

-;;The- City iFire Brigade was called out much less', frequently; 'during"' the";Bix .months- ending , September '30 last than in. period of. 1909. ~The only: serious!. biitbreak -ditting. 'the . Inter period occurred on-Thorhdoir Quay- on': a recent Sunday ] morning, -when >one /house , destroyed -ientirely, and another, in 'part;■..■■"" The. -bnijade^was greatly, hampered inits 'work-bn;i. this Occasion .by :the"faof that'a'fierce, gale wae Wowing. ,; .;• .'The following 1 : table, shows, the number, of calls receiv.e'tU'for the ; 'first half-yearly : br'i9loii : imd>l9o9 , :: : i , espectiTely ; , : ;l 7 ,i, - '.-/■■,:; ■■■ '::: i -^'::^-^^;-im^;^im.' ]-\ ■.-•■'v , -April ■ ; : .19 ■: ' .: : -Zb : .- ' .f: : 'May;:. ; v:;;:.:;!.U;.;.;.iV.:. J vis ■ ; ■■•■■'*23.- : .- -' iyjuhe- /i^:';;....;,:...;.:;.:.!i ; 8 : .i■■' 28": ; ?Julf : '^^'W' '.; .<■ ■■>:.'■ iAugust-:.::u.::i..«...i...... \-:'m'--'"\4n<--s----':{i ■September.■Jj.^.^.,.;.;." : 22 ■> ; : 20 :: ,- : - ; ,;iy ■^tal;v.^.li.;;^.:^^;;'9B ; ';^ ; »;'l3B.';; ;,; ■' Jhe appended; table gives the. result of 'the:calls:— ■:':' ■<'■ ■■'"-: ',- ; V-T'; , ...' "■■;•'■•: : y . •-,•..■•.■..'•;i'3 : M!!S-':;v"::;vi9io. J.-i9p9. ■~;-. <;'.; .Actual '{firesi) ;V;..^:.;;../ V ; :'.'■■ ; ; 83: .■:'Rubbish'ana'gorse'.';.' •:, i : r 7 : /.':'. v ; .Chimney fir<is' : .»..;..;.:;. : 12 - v-/'",' : l7. -' .■.-.. FalsD .alarms' ............ 20 ' : -::,:f-31l\ : " :|:■':: Tptals'^;».l..;....;L;;B8 V ■138/,',; • Out of ..the'total, number!; of. calls jeceiv-. Ed the' results were:—■■'' , ; ■•■ ■ ■ v '.'?' ■'■ ' ::•,■;■:■,' ■ :;' ii':v =- ', ifllO;:'.. 1909. ,\ :'::':TotaLdes'trubtion \\ h ■ \;V., , - i : 9l.;!;■ ■i 'Considerable; , damage ,;5 ~ ;:' : .22 ,;i Slight , damage 16'.?: . .■■';:. 12 .'■ Trifling:damage,.,„....,• 36 ■; .40/ .: ■: .Chimney:.firesi. i ; ..;..".i;.;.f12 ■;' ■'-f-i-.Vl: '.■ '■ ' Eubbishaiid'g6rsefire3 - ; 4",. -':■■"-. .'■'. 7 : ' . : : False -a1arm5.',..^..'....;.;.'. 20; •;:.."•■■.•.',',Si i ..'! '■■■■,';"} : : Total; 188 "•:.; ~ For the/sii months just..; ended fires occurred and'alarms, were given. ; in'the fol- : lowing districts:—';. ".;'•'.''.'■/•'■ '.y..- : '~ \ '':::'■■' City ; .' : . .;viV.'Jv.;i'.;-»~-J--:;-.-..". : «i»-- ; '.S9 'Newtown .., .....;..~....;..,;.'.^.',..-.i.'.■ 18 '.- , : ;: :Thorhdo'n •: t:....^;J^;i.^.;;..:..:..;';, 9 ,■■'• ■■ /• Kelburne; :.„..■:„..-..;..;_.......;;: ;1 : . ."■'■ Kilbirnie ;:-.......'■...U........^....;...., ! ,i ■.•.'" ■■'.■;■• Islan&'Bay,- 1' ■ ■.-.'; Northliiia >" ... :V..J..;.i™^.;..^..: ; .1/ ■.'.-,■. Wharf-;■ . ;'; : Maranui :■'-.. ;....;...:.__.„„./' I;'••'''. -..'. .'/Hataitai'.r. , ..V...i™.;_-.!;.."_;..: „;; 2 ■•■■■■. . :; '■■.!; Berha'mpore .„.'...■._■....■',..■..'...' 1. ' ■;'.'•,•■ .'■ Total; •',-■ 98 ■ .' — The working of the: street .fire-alarm service ' during ■ the" past six ■ months:-,was stttis'faotory. 'Extra points .were .erected, in Hataitai and ' Kilbirnie. ; ■ ilnstruments will arrive in the course of a. few weeks fronii Australia-for:the installation'- of .a system in, .Brooklyn.. ',• Direct telephone communication installed with the central station,-? and a separate fire-alarm system for:tlie suburb will be established. The. street-alarm: boxes are now;: being made by the brigade electrician, but all the' station.instruments are imported: A 1 petrol motor,, with a: capacity of; 350 gallons/arrived' recently; .and' -a-55 h.p. Merryweather 'motor horse tender,- with a sliding-carriage'escape, is now on order from-Home.- :: This will do.away with the horse carriage, and. it will . not. be long, before the use of horses is entirely, abol'iehed. ■■:. ' : :~',;:' : ■'•. • "' "•.".■■.""■ ;''

.'While a'.iarm. labourer was hoeing in a; field at•'Thurlby, , . South : Lines., ho found a silver penny dated. 1556 in agood state, of .preservation. ... .;.