WELLINGTON FIRE.
THE JURY’S VERDICT, i "i- n PRESS ASSOCIATION Wellington, last night The enquiry into tho rcctnt firs on Lambton Quay was concluded this even ing. The jury, after deliberaliog for half an hour, brought in tho following verdict: “1, That in the opinion of tbe jury the fire commenced in tho premises of the Wellington Auctioneering Company, but that there is no evidence to Bbow how it originated, 2. That thß evidence submitted to the jury by tbe owners and employees of the company is genoraliy of an unfatisfactory character. 3. That tbe spread of tho fire was due firstly to the failure of the Wainui water supply, secondly to the length of time that elapsed in turning on the Karori service, and thirdly to the fact that the siaff tbe superintendent had at his disposal was ineffis cient to properly man tho appliances with which he iB provided,”
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GIST19061102.2.18
Bibliographic details
Gisborne Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1921, 2 November 1906, Page 2
Word Count
151WELLINGTON FIRE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1921, 2 November 1906, Page 2
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Gisborne Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in