THE HATAITAI FIRE.
"BRIGADE DID ALT, WITHIN ITS At the meeting of (ho City Council last evening, the Fire Brigade Committee reported that it had conducted nn exhaustive inquiry into the working of tho tiro brigade at tho Hataitai lioad fire on September 1!) last, as tho result of n request from (he manager of tlio State Fire Insurance Department, and hail arrived at the conclusion that. owing to (ho heavy gale Wou-iii? on dial particular night, and the inefficient water supply, (lie brigade did nil within its power io fight (]m lire. It was satisfied that there was no carelessness in tho brigade's method of working. Tho committee was also satisfied that there was no delay on the part of tho brigade in reaching the scene of tho lire. Tho Mayor (Mr. T. M. Wilford), referriiiit to tho report, remarked that he hoped within a few days to turn on (lie corporation wafer supply for Knsenenth nnd the heights at Hataitai. (Hear, liear ) Melrose would lie supplied within the next few woeks, and also Wadosfown.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1288, 17 November 1911, Page 4
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176THE HATAITAI FIRE. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1288, 17 November 1911, Page 4
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