NORMANBY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81887, 14 November 1906, Page 4

NORMANBY.

FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. FIRE. Mr W. H. Wcbley's shop and bakehouse were totally destroyed by fire uj Sunday. Mr F. Morgan, whose billiard room and -hop were only :omrf 18 feet distant/ wa> aroused about one o'clock by the fire crackling. He immediately gave the alarm and in a very short time there were good willing hands on the spot, who tormed a bucket brigade and performed wonderful work in saving M." F. Andrew's (butcher's) premise-, which are only 15 feet awav, and Mr F. Morgan's premises. it is marvefjous how Mr AndiMv's prjemisee «eie saved. Although it was a ca.m miming, the space of about fifteen feet from the fierce flames i< nu joke lor a living being to enter and extinguish a burning wail. Mr Andrew's wall is pretty well charred from end to end, and was on fire several times, but the workers siill entered and played on it with their buckets. Foremost among them were Messrs W. Gnffitns, k. Hanky, T.

Ike and Master Ba>e and many others. Mr Webley do=ed up at lo o clock, when everything looked alright. He had his oven going pretty well ail day Saturday, and Hum Mr F. Morgan s statement, it appears dm lire originated oppo-ite the furnace door, or a*h hole. Had there b<en a breeze a good gap would have been created in our little town. Mi iVebiey is insured a* follows: —Stock and titungs ill' on buildings in the Government olhce, and £IOO on the buildings in the Phoenix otticc. lie is a very considerable loser, having just laid in a good Hock of flour, which was al. consumed. About four o'clock many of those who had laborcJ hard began to leave for their home« to get rest and dry; clothe#, having been drenched with water in their efforts to resist the liames, when Mr E. J. Shrimpton secured the services of a number of good hands tu watch and keep down the burning mass. It was very lucky he did so, a» Mr Andrew's shop ignited in two j<lace> shortly afterwards, and had mere been no one on watch the premise' would have been demolished for certain. Air Andrew's damage ib one side wall; Mr K. Morgan's is paini-spoit and wipdow gla-s broken on one side of building. It was a lucky let-off for the insurance companies concerned, which are the Government and Alliance. Mr Webley nil re-build as early as pussible. Much sympathy is felt for Mr Web.ey in his lo?s.

1 see by by your issue of the Gtli in=i. that Oregan has successfully reduced iron and sieel by electricity from black ironsand. What has become of the "Galbraith Ironsand Smelting Co"? [ understood some time ago they were to start a trial furnace here, near our railway station, where a good site is now avaiible, but uhich will not be available very much longer. I: will be a pityto aee the inventors of this wonderful piocesa lose their prestige over "lie ili-Covery they made. I 1 ru-~t tlv company will be short.y again to the fypnt with their previuus intention to •-how the world how tu extract steel and ir"n from ouj l;irg<- deposits i f ironsand. and thereby reap |.ir tji.on;seive- and tlj - colonv_ generally a goodly harve-t. *"

Our elctrit light company have Our KW'tric I.iglit Company have just installed additional p'atu. It can now supply d<uil)l" ih<- p<mer of light of thai pr<vi'>uMy obtainable. The extensive dam acro-sthe Uaingongoro is about completed. S"iue s.'ight alterations to tlv gate will about finish it, The liglit i- growing jpto universal favor, being elf'-c----tive, iitini'tdjale. clean, sifo and cheaper thap oihei lights of the ag<'. Those who have üb<a ii uu;.'; would not care to be withou; i L again., which ii a good advertisement.