FIRES IN THE SOUTH.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 26, 31 January 1910, Page 4

FIRES IN THE SOUTH.

RATLWAT SHED I SEW ENGINES DAMAGED/: I (By Assoctattonj I '■ I WESTPORT, Susfc. I A sensational fire occurred ,f7" I port shortly before five I suiting in the total I Government engine-sheds.. The destroyed was 130 ft long 4 35ft*S« ■■ I SSL 1 * ~c ontailled seven a CT Lt I "WB.V one -F.A.," two "C^ J?** I <T.») used in the carriage oVcoST' I the mines in the Westport district t£ I engines were hooked out c≤ JJ* I damaged the cabs, tanks,' c,T& I a aUv mountin g s I All hands employed in ifo raflwi. I workshops were immediately B um 3 and got to work at once, I porary repairs, .and urgentteljnSl 1 were sent to Wellington for morel*? I So completely was the work' o7«££j I and carried out that the works fo~»T I had been enabled to get six of I damaged engines temporarily reoah? I painted and under steam, and the to£ 1 manager now announces that ordinal!! I traffic will be resumed I the assistance of two engines borrow* I from the Westport Harbour Board. In all, there are on the Gorernme* ■ line 10 engines, so that the dun*™ flnZ I to the seven, which came out ol the tor n' -■' E looking as if they had gone I terrific bombardment, looked a E ous affair. B The engine-shed is, indirectly, the m, 1 perty of the Harbour Board, who &Z I as part of their endowment the net ear* ■ ing of the Tail way. It is insured W B the Railway Department, but the »m OB 2 B of the insurance is not available hent V PRINTER BURNT TO DEATH. fj NEWSPAPER OFFICE DESTBQXBfc': M (By Telegraph.—Press X DUNEDDJ, Sefcy. I The office of the "Mirror" newnML Kj published at Milton, was, destrpjeJS 1 fire at two a.m. to-day, and a man ™~nj I Frederick Grant, who was sleeping c* 1 the premises, was burnt 'to de»th, h» I charred remains 'being found in the d*> I brie. I who was a printer, wai ■ I single man, 34 yeais of age, and m| I brother of the proprietor of the paper. I The origin of the fire is not knowv I BLAZE AT KAITANGATa. J LARGE BLOCK DESTROYEDi ; I (Bt Telegraph.—Pre«g ' j DUNEDET, Sundey. A serious fire occurred, at Kaitangiti. at about 2.30 a.m. to-day, wien -fdj •business places, the National Bank, ta4 a dweliing-house, were destroyed. The business premises burnt ion •were occupied by the following:—Messrs : Hislop, baker; Middlemaea, Myers, tailor; Jarvie, tobacconist; Stewart, solicitor; and W. Patenwß, bootmaker. The dwelling-louse was occnpie4 by Mr. Armishaw, baker.-:,; The origin of the fire is unknown, ant Vn(O spai-tici3lars las to iinnrtiMM tig, available.