FIRE ESCAPES.
(To the Editor.)
Sir. —The time is near at hand when the city will be crowded with visitors from all parts, and as no doubt a large number of those people will have to be housed in the different boardinghouses, would it not be judicious, in view of the sad occurrence of last Thursday, to compel landlords and others to look to their fire escapes as a precaution against loss of life and injury to limb? I know of one case where a three-storied building is used as a boardinghouse, and from my own observations, as I pass daily, there is no back or side entrance—-only one exit, by the front door. If a fire broke out in the kitchen or back part of this house all egress would be cut off from two flights of stairs leading to the bedrooms, which would contain a considerable number of inmates. Surely the owner of such a building should be compelled to provide fire escapes such as would saiisfy the proper authorities. I merely mention this case as an example of what I believe to be common in the city.—l am, etc.,
TENANT,
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 130, 3 June 1901, Page 2
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