ALARMS OF FIRE.
An alarm pf fire Was raided -on '&&tiArdayeYenin^ m ili^ ! , ; Kiufi'n ) ghape . Rdad, f(A'lxixi-ately,-.'jioweyei',' thef c was no 'nre^aiid the 1 light which 'Caused; the' alarm was pimply the roficcti'pivof a limp on 'a Wli'ite^vari'lied AVajl. ' On ''the; f;iime ' 'mornijig, two watchjiien in'tlie employ of .the' Tilstirjui.c'e Companies noticed smoke' issuing from the shop of Mr Charles Burt on,;, coMe^tionor. ' i'i'-he-wiitch'nKn.biew a whis'fle, aVlmpli -had t'he ' ci[\\ct or brin.'^lig !-jen.;o'alit v'larkc-antl Cimjj stables Bald wilt and McLellan' to the spot. The door' \v;v?i (j;itckiy forced opc-n, tiie. ■ police "'proceedefl downstairs and towards the oven, frOii'i Arhich issued tlie- indictftjon of Piro. On the door being opened, it was found that some fuel placed- there for the purpose of ' "being- dried, hud i';i : i!ilcd -'iViVil' !»'ecn burnt to gmiKrs, tii'tk accounting for' the presence of sint/lco. 'Thor;; "Sviix not the 1 slightest danger oftho lihv'comnuiniciitingwith the building itself,' 1 niid : liavnig •• carefully looked around,, the niljce'i's secul'ed and left iliejpreniises. : oit;Su'hda3 r , i at : n.o r OH, an aliirm was. 'given that tlie ; cutter < Isabel, lying hotyrcou tlie vVaeeh-s'treet,--and'Kail-way wharves was on lire. ' ; It, lioWoverj turned outj'tb be the 'dingy atfaeliod to the waterman's stepsj"' immediate help and & ■few buckets- of watei' soon extinguished the 1 I 'Harried, l'he cause of the firo was'cfue to the ' galley-stq^e being ' pjlod uj> on either side with .firewood, and the st/ive, 'beingalight, became almost red 1 hot, and ignited the'wwHl.— "Star." '\ ; ' ; ' •-
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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 786, 30 June 1877, Page 5 (Supplement)
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240ALARMS OF FIRE. Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 786, 30 June 1877, Page 5 (Supplement)
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