DISASTROUS FIRE AT TOKO.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 101, 18 April 1908, Page 5

DISASTROUS FIRE AT TOKO.

I sum's AND POST OFFICE j DESTKoYEi). kkmoem si- v tutu burned. imiA<,j; KMiTTTI 1,1) AT (Special to lilc |X'.II elul serenity „| [| u , thlivile' [ !•-•>i.-hij. HI foko wa- divi-truii-ly disturlvd w-,tiiday forenoon. uhin l'or .1 1 l ">; oi the | m iU"«" Ul . ]lt danger of annihilation by tram the informal ion available it a,, l nMr * tUdt alntut ii;iil-|u-t II \| r ,1 A Harri,on. saddler, »a, filing a sinaii' ijuaut j[ v t .,r. ic |, olW o

l«e ur in-unlly daring up j u a tierct .* "toe. Air. ||arri-oii endeavored lo •my the burning «,,el outside, bcii,.. - W-J.-Iy burned about the face and arm', in tnr alti'iiiju. j I lie Haines .piickly ol,taine,| a grin ol iv- building, auil though willing ha,id-i [jj w.r i,t lU ,„t. it Baj euoH Ji a t ; M ' t tin was doomed. While < ct . B * ,*•* fire-lighters endeavored to I X u r i l l l be,lam "' otK 'r't»"H,l tlu-ir I , 1 M tuv,n ß the Stuck, a considerable quantity of W |ik-h „as removed to safety.

Ihe tlainei -pread with great rapiditv and almost |*.f o re it is.uld be realisell the billiard saloon and fruit shop adjoin ■rig. occupied by Jlr-. Flynn. were bein devoured. '

It »J- immediately eomluded that no thing but a miracle could -ave the l'o-i ' "bee, which adjoined .Mr». Hynii".- shop and the r.sord- and lifting, were re moved without loss of time. ISefore the ivurk was completed the llamcs hurst into the building, which was soon a heap of ruins. -Meanwhile a council of war \va- held, and as it was apparent the whole of [he town-hip would lie -wept uulca, the progress of the fire was stayed, it was dmded to pull down the building adjo ning the Po-t (mice i,i tile line of lire. The resolve wa- carried into elicit without loss of lime, the building bein- 1 pulled down lioiiilv. °

Fortunately the expedient proved sitv■e—ful. and the p'-t ol the toun-liio v.i- --ive.| ir>>m . 111111 * —t rert.iin .innihil.i-

-ViM'Ut n»'Oa information regarding tlu» tue \va» received in Stratford, and tii-.* brigade ua* immediately -uiunioned. and under Captain kiveil and Foreman Partridge set out post haste for the scene, but by the time they arrived the danger had been overcome. I A good quantity of Mr. Harrison's I st<«ck was *aved, likewise evervtkng in the fniit -hop and billiard saloon ex<e[.t \Uo titbit*. From the I'o-t OHie* all :he letter-*, etc., wore accounted tor. while the per-oiuil of Miss fJurr. the |*>stiiii?tre». were also saved. It wa» found that the injuries revive I by Mr. Harrison were severe. Fir-t aid reodered by Mr. Main. and Dr. I Menzie*. on hi> arrival, ordered Ihe removal of the Pilferer to Stratford hospital. The inMiranee> were not available ni time of but it \va- e-limatel that the damage vvu- not >holt of CbllM i > WW.