FIRE AT GREY

Hokitika Guardian, 13 May 1933, Page 5

FIRE AT GREY

■ DAMAGEAir r •: & Smoke issuing Messrs Duncan >ic : fA*an’li AViireKSus® in -n'otigfcd)' at 6.30 o'clock-yesterday ■*; y A :'Forturiitelyv ;, flwT&d mjt. (Jhavp i very good lipid 'whon'. 'discoVerliti. The brigade, soon-had' it ; under' cijnitfcol and extinguishfed, but • not before extensive damage had been ;done to the large stock in the building, (by water and smoke. ’ A ' The origin l of. lakt evening!& 'outbreak is a complete mystery, breaking out as it did oiily a. (quijf ter oHiiu .hour after the last member of , ! ‘the. staff left the building* for the niglit. The fire itsolf .did hot dk a great dqal of. damage,'only charring ajShiall portion of the walls and thejfobf. ahd break- - ing a large skylight. .. • 1 A rather fdrfxmfue 'escape from injury . was exi«i i sra|H% J - McLean, wife of The. owper of the business, when ing after the fire (to view the damage. A skylight; ’•; which • had ; ,, been cracked by the heal, 'suddenly f broke, and,, the large pieces : of heavy glass crashing on ( Mrs McLean, who -•- happened to be parsing underneath at the time. Fortunately-she Had the presence of. mind to double up when she heard the crash, 1 and spine of the pieces missed her by inche,s. .