TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 13 March 1922, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

(.BY TELEGRAPH —PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. BIG BLAZE IN WELLINGTON. 11 HOUSES BURNT. WELLINGTON, March 11. A disastrous fire broke out in Maurice Terrace, off Wellington Terrace at 7.30 thi s morning, apparently as the result of the overturning of a kerosene choking lamp or stove in an apartmen thouse about the centre of the block of houses which were burned. By a great misfortune, the city water supply was cut off through a break in the mains, a considerable distance from tlie city. A strong northerly wind simply rushed the flames before it and within an hour, six houses all two storey wooden buildings were blazing furiously or reduced to a heap of ruing Practically nothing was saved! from any of the central houses of the Terrace and little from others. For a time Wellington-Terrace itself was threatened and a general clearance was m'ade for furniture and goods by voluntary helpers. At nine o’clock the fire commenced to work against the wind in Mount Street, but a few minutes later a single lead of water of fair pressure was brought over the hill from K&I----burn upper level reservoir, and the Brigade under Supt. Tait made a wonderful save of a house just alight and held the fire. Had not hat lead been available it is probable that fifty, instead of eleven houses would have gone. As most of the houses were let in apartments probably foity or fifty families were burned out. The loss runs into many thousand?.

SWIMMING RECORD

CHRISTCHURCH, March 11

Mr B. O’Neill, Secretary of the New Zealand .Swimming Association, states that the Misses Hoeft’s and Shand’s records at the championships wore timed by competent male timekeepers, and that no championship performances in the Dominion have ev«r been timed by women.

MOTOR LORRIES COLLIDE WELLINGTON, March VI

Whilst proceeding to Soke’e Valley this morning in a motor lorry, a blackberrying party collided with another lorry, both of which were smashed. A boy named Edward Bowers aged 11 residing at Brooklyn had both legs broken. A woman names Jones of FTnrland Street, had her hand severely injured. Mrs Bowedscombe of 10, Mortimer Terrace, Mitchelltowu, had several ribs broken. The boy was removed to the Trentham Hospital where an operation was performed. Mrs Jones and Mrs Bowerscombe were con veyed to Wellington hospital.