Another Fire at Kuripuni.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3367, 22 November 1889, Page 2

Another Fire at Kuripuni.

i A fire brultc out sliorlly before one! o clock tbia morning in Kur'jumi I L&ne, in a-,cottage Qr?«juml by Mrs 'Tiimcn Keardtin and a t'umily uf^maii' t-ldldrail. Tlio building und eontems i wro totally destroyed, iu>,d tiie! alarmed woman had Urelv time to j ruaeuc her litUo from tlie devojir-1 iiiß oltiiieuf,. I'lje g,Us'eri-awcot hell vpua rung by lho m/jLtwiuebuian, Jh-' Brafjgina.nnd waa promptlyL-espnniJtd •' to by both brigades. Captain Fioker-1 in({ with tho ansietriiice of Mcasre I Roan and two brigudebmmt upt • Jubilee into Oueijn tUoet,' tiifc for want of farther oßt'istiitiiip, and uo hmo bcußg fdi'lh<?oiaiiis, tlioro tLc

en;;ine stuck ibr a fnw precious minutes, hi the Cuptaiti' Jluir'n Volunteer Brigade ion their manual up to the acono of the lire, thu Jubilee following elowly, being murined with only half tll'e necessary men to <1 raj;, Tim manual got Ui work, and with the assistance of thd active bucket brigade saved tliti adjoining premises, it being to attempt to save tlio building ii> wnicb Urn five originated. The sticjtiou hoso of the Jubilee being uomuch I larger than tliß manual could not bj; worked from tliu game part of the creek, mid Captain Pickering bad to jump into the stream, remove a lot of boulders, and make a place deep enough before the Jubilee could be brought into operation. There was great difficulty in persuading pumpers to lend it hand, the | live not being visible from where tliu jengines were working. Mv .1. lleardon, who owned the premises destroyed, was away from home tit tlw tima of tho occurrence, j being engaged oil night duty at tho Af nxtcrton Gas Works. No effects worth speaking of were saved from the live, Alw Heardon and the children escaping in their night-clothes. Tliu building wits insured in the ; jl■ 11i iiu Ollicc for i! 100, the furniture | for £ifO in the Standard, mul th<? i outbuildings in tbo Eiune ollico for | £'2o, will nothing like cover the Imss.