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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 3012, 3 November 1891, Page 2

A most t'x'i.ao -dinnrv tlio broks out in the sewers ol Flin lets, I'J'isabeth, L 'tin F imler-, C >i.in«, L't.tle Collins and 11 airke'tree's. M l"o'iine, on Friday, October I) h, at mid-night, and continued f. rab 'iit twentv-foiir hours. Up to noon on Saturdav, no flame had appeared, but ivn'y d.'n-e in issns of smoke forced itself thro i-d) the era logs and pull'ed up in the in eis icej of the channel and .street blocks. At Klin lers-street station the roadway w.is lifted in the form of an arch, coping stones split in every direction and the tramway slops became so hot that, great dtllhulcy was experienced in running the trams. At about one o'clock columns of tiling leapt through the street gratings to a distance of 2o feet in the tlio air. The tire brijr-ul. s weie called out and water wi« force. lon to the fl nr.es all day. An aK.tuinaiion svuvrd th it a lartje main hid b"i>n completely cut in two by some iricvplainable cause and the liberated gas fillod the s»w.-i's and was at last fired. Everything wi« got snug during Sunday, ;.nd ron.iirs wore being effected when the mail left.