THREE FIRES IN ONE DAY
SCHOOLMASTER’S HECTIC AFTERNOON.
GREYTOWN, August 6
To have three fires within as many hours was the experience of Mr H. E. AY all is, headmaster of the Greytown School this week. During the gale Jate’ on Monday afternoon the chimney at the school house caught fire, and burned furiously for half an hour, sparks flying in all directions.
Later is was discovered that the garage at the rear of the building was on fire. *Mr Wallis backed out his’ car, and succeeded in suppressing the outbreak. *His troubles were not over, however, for shortly after 7.30 o’clock fire broke out in the roof of his house. The brigade appeared on the scene, and commenced coupling the hose to the high-pressure supply. In the meantime, however, someone ascended the roof and succeeded in extinguishing the flames with a garden hose, much to Mr Wallis’s relief, as had the brigade used its hose damage must have been done to his library, which is valued at £IOOO.
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Hokitika Guardian, 11 August 1931, Page 5
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169THREE FIRES IN ONE DAY Hokitika Guardian, 11 August 1931, Page 5
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