THE LATE FIRE AT FEATHERSTON.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 658, 4 January 1881, Page 2

THE LATE FIRE AT FEATHERSTON.

To the Editor of the-Wuraium Daily.

Sie,—l should, mth' your permission, like to correot a slight error in your remarks on the late fire' at .the Wesleyan Chapel, SeatHerstpn'-, ■ You. state that, certain gentlemen .formed a "fire brigade on the spot. a mistake, as; from what I recolleotj .'the- fire was partially over when they!arrived. 'Tarn'Certain had their services..;-beeti. needed they : "would have.beeii' freely given, In ; fact-' ; there are very few L men who could witfc' ■hold assistance undersabh" circumstances, even to their Worst eneiiiies,

The.men who really did .work,.and are deserving of. „ the" greatest Draise, .are Messrs Wi Oundy, 0. Cuiidy;"j7 jOundy, W.-Abbott, J.: Pellirigham,-J. Donald, anda number of other"williug "hands" too numerous to mention—all of whom I sincerely thank for their' prompt exertionß in cbnfiniiig the fire to the building Where jt'fifst' originated, as it; was a. matter of .iirijfoSsibility to savfl.it.: Otherwise, with the High" wind'ahd previous dry weather, noono carr tell 'Tvhoro' the firo.would have stopped, the sparks, as it was, setting fire tooh'e or tp'hgusesjinths vicinity, which was only kept down by . the most careful watching;;. . , .' '

_ I think it ia higii time we had a fire engine here, and' if the -insurance companies would -give soinething towards one' this could soort be accomplished.'- ,: . • . " lam, &c., W. Toogood.