FIRE IN HOTEL
Small Outbreak Quickly Extinguished Shortly after 11 o'clock last night the fire brigade was called to the New Commercial Hotel, Lambton Quay, II elhngton, where a small outbreak had occurred near the lift-well on the top floor. It had begun among some packing cases and other waste material which had been accumulated ready for removal, and when the brigade arrived had begun to take hold on the walls and ceiling, which are of lathe and plaster. It was quickly extinguished with bucket pumps. Guests in the hotel, aroused by the ringing of the bells of the hotel s internal warning system, quickly gathered on the landings. They showed evidence of hasty donning of clothes. Some had overcoats over their night attire. . Two motor pumps from the Central Station and one from Thorndon Station were in attendance with two fire escapes.
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Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 33, 3 November 1942, Page 4
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143FIRE IN HOTEL Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 33, 3 November 1942, Page 4
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