BLAZE IN WILLIS ST.
A LIVE WIRE FIREMAN GETS SLIGHT SHOCK At half-past two on Sunday morning, Constable Parkinson, of Manners Street Polioe Station, discovered that No. 209 Willis Street, a two-story wooden building, was on fire. The constable gave an alarm, and the Central Fire Brigade reached the scene very soon afterwards. The blaze was quickly subdued, but in the meantime house No. 207 had caught fire. This further- trouble, however, was got in hand without difficulty, and before much damage was done to the The lower floor of No. 209 was occupied by Mr. 'John Hopwell, engineer, and the top floor by Mr; S. C. Smith, of the Melba Photographic Studio. The outbreak is reported to have occurred on the -upper floor, and there the damage by fire was considerable to the building and its contents. Water damaged the contents of the ground floor rooms. Mr. Hopwell had no insurance on his belongings, and Mr. Smith had a policy for £190 in the Phoenix Office. Mr. E..-W. Petherick, Lower Hutt, owns the building. While the brigade was engaged in suppressing the outbreak, .Fireman James Garwood came in contact with a live wire. Fortunately' it was- only a lighting wire of 100 volts, and '• the shock, though unpleasant, was not severe.. Fireman Garwood was able to return to the station on the brigade's motor wagon, and was quite recovered later in the day. Rumours were current in the city during the day that the accident was very serious, but Buch is not the case.
FIRE IN SYDNEY STREET-.
A milkman going his rounds in Sydney Street late yesterday morning (at 5.45) found that No. 162 in that thoroughfare was ablaze. • He roused the inmates and everyone got clear. The building was occupied by Mrs. Mary Carr as a private dwelling, and owned by Mr. Medley, of Sussex Square. The contents were . insured in the British Dominions Office for £160. The first floor and its contents were somewhat severely damaged, but the other portion of the house did not suffer much
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2361, 18 January 1915, Page 6
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341BLAZE IN WILLIS ST. Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2361, 18 January 1915, Page 6
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