FIRES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9042, 29 January 1908, Page 5

FIRES.

OUTBREAK AT SUNNYSIDS ASYLUM. BAKEHOUSE-AND KITCHEN DESTROYED. by E'j :gkav: —r :ess af ociat on. CHRISTCHU ku£, . r F™ r 2 i p <. _ , At two o'clock, this morning, i'n alarming fire occurred in the bakehouse of the Sut nytide Mental Hospital. All the engines of the Chrislchurch, Sydenham, St. Albans, and Railway Brigades were summoned, and were on the spot as soon as possible. The establishment possesses excellent fire appliances of its own, ar.d the attendants were able to keep the fire in check till the arrival of aid from the city. The fire burned strongly for half an hour, and a portion of l.thc roof fell in, but the brigade was able to prtvent more than superficial damage to the front portion . and office build' ing. Only the bakehouse and kitchen were destroyed. The officers of the institution had an anxious time, but the patient? were never in any danger, and the fire, beyond dislocating the domestic arrangements temporarily, will have no serious result?.

FATAL FIRE AT WAIORONGOMAI, PARTICULARS. TE AROHA, January 28. The Waiurongomai Hotel,.which was burned down on Sunday morning, was owned by Campbell and Ehren ■ fried Company, Ltd., and occupied by Henry Brunton. The licensee attempted to get upstairs to awaken Wilson, a boarder, but finding this impossible, rescued his wife a-'d child through a window. Wilson had evidently attempted to get out, but must have been suffocated. Wilson was about fifty years of age, and comes from Hukerenui. He leaves a widow and eight young children. ■An inquest was opened and adjourned till Saturday. The house destroyed contained thirty rooms, and was built twenty years ago. It' was insured in the New Zealand Insurance office for £BSO, including stock and furniture.