ANOTHER FIRE IN MASTERTON.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3112, 25 January 1889, Page 2

ANOTHER FIRE IN MASTERTON.

One of the smartest pieoes pi .work ft fistinguißHiiigfire and saying property was done to-day (Friday) by the fire Brigades of Masterton.' A fire broke out in the stables fronting Oh'uroh street of •Mr W.', Perry's' No 2' butbhers'shOp this morning at about ten.' minutes to twelve, o'olooki "and the fire bell was promptly rung. The Munioipal Fire Brigade station adjoins the stables and on the'first soandqf the bell a number of willing bands' wereon the scene arid both'manual and. Jubilee were out in aseoorid or two', Iheßrigadesnieubadarriyed.bythis time arid the. Voluriteer/engine'otoe rattling gottqwork pumping rathe-flames, which had not, thehbrokeqHbrough the roof, and they sucoeeded in keeping the flames confined to the etables/f n a few secondslerajhiui-.ten minutes,' steam was upi .on".; the Jubileej 'iit)d, the inen' being at! their' posts, [■ there was no, lime:, lost-if' playing on the burning building. -\ As soon as saw the volume Of bjacksmoke' arise,iand;'tiie flames as;it f was;apparent'-liiat ; ihe;ldem6n ; was conquered.' 'The Fire Brigades,' block of credit. -; Thel ; Fire? which is 'in;irori;Mildirig,i!i^ ; orily ;de|aohed;fiora tbs ; :&jfio bigbteen'inp^ isbut a few'yardsi pfft |The Wjn©|pf $e Brig^egb^^KrVin^mlUo^

' ir '" ■■'T'lM'ij ' j,* j,* F of-danger,' and" riTeif Btood<by'at the*' s' tack of the burning buildings with s',°y bushels of water ill case of the mh A ' ,t of the low outbuildings, which are'* jpi '\ mostly shingle co\ercd, igniting. > r v% *' Hie building was a two-stoiey one, ' 'j" a portwn on the ground floor being * j? partitioned oft as ft sausage loom, \ The building and jjh» contents'wero _ c , insoied in the North' British office, the sausage machine and other tools > are miured The damage to the ' - \ building 11 probaiiy some £6O, Mr ~ > Perry w leasee of the „ - Town I ands Irust befg the owners. ~ > > A valuable horse whioh was in the stable at the time the fiio bioke out ' was lesoued by Mr Pen/ with con-® \ siderable difficulty. Tha* origin of * the fire is unknown, but looking at c -\ { the rums one is convinced that a spaik fiom the kitohen chimney of the adjoining shop must hare lodged undei the boards of the hay loft and been fanned into flame. ,'