THIS MORNING'S FIRE AND OUR CITY FIRE BRIGADE.
(To the Editor.)
The fire at the Grand Hotel attended with'the sad loss of the lives of the young1 children, the misery and pain inflicted to the parents and those injured, will to no small extent lie at the door of our Ctiy Council— their past years of inactivity and slumber. At the commencement of the fire when the assistance of the brigade and ladders were required, the writer observed a novel sight, fittoing only for a small country village—men doing the work of horses, labouring hard to get their appliances up the rise of Victoria-street and through the park. To expect any body of men to be lit for active duty after these previous efforts is absurd. The brigade are to be complimented on the bravery and ability they displayed, being further crippled for the want of water pressure. Is it to be ever thus? Will not the citizens insist that proper fire appliances be procured forthwith? Hang the expense. The position must be faced, with other matters of urgency, a look out tower and water pressure.—T am, etc., JAMES STEWART.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 128, 31 May 1901, Page 5
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