A WATER-PIPE BURST

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 128, 28 June 1909, Page 3

A WATER-PIPE BURST

£2OO DAMAGE TO DRAPERY STOCK. > n O ",. ,>ntCT ' m K Herbert's "Up-to-drapery stoic yesterday morning one of the stuff was surprised to find a portion of tin- floor covered with f.vntor. On investigation it was found nut the water was running through trom the upper lloor. 0„ Raturdav '"'"S work had „een done iii i the upstairs portion of the ImildimJ repairing a fault in the ivaterpipe"! I P umbers completed the work jnul' everything seemed alright up to a late , hour On Saturday night, there bein" no sign of water when Mi. Herbert Closet Ins .premises. Running alon* the lloor the water at. length found an nutlet immediately over the niillhierv ami underclothing departments, with the result that a quantity of the woods was saturated It is impossibfe to t , /"J 1 ' la »> a S'' until even-thin-; is overhauled, but llr. Herbert "i s of opinion that quite £2OO worth of stock 1 ~" S , be ™ 1 »»™>ged. It was a stroke of luck that the premises were entered, yesterday morning, for had the leak continued until the hour of opening for business this morning, the damage must | pound* rU " lnt ° SeV " al hundreds of