THE EXHIBITION FIRE.
f'er t'ress Association. CiriiisTcnuncn, February 13. At an lnijiiiry held to-,lay into the circumstances connected with the recent ousbreak of lire at Sargood, bon and IMvon s stall at the Exhibition, the following verdict was returned ■. " Tins J»i'.y is ol: opinion that the tire was caused from the drapery coming into contact with the arm of the contour of the rheostat, and we consider that the inotor and the rheostat should have been protected with perforated zinc. U o wish to add a rider to (Jie olivet that great credit is due to .Air D. 0. Mclntyre and Gunner Hodgers for the prompt manner in which they dealt with the situation, and a further rider that the space in which the mechanism was worked was certainly too small."
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81918, 14 February 1907, Page 2
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131THE EXHIBITION FIRE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81918, 14 February 1907, Page 2
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