THREE FIRES IN A NIGHT.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 268, 11 November 1922, Page 13

THREE FIRES IN A NIGHT.

BUSY TIME AT NAPIER. i (By Telegraph.—Frees Association.) I XAPIBK, Friday. I A «rice of firee kept Napier excited • lor a period this evening. 1 The flret outbreak was at the g»«I worke just before six o'clock. A test I Was being made of a newly-installed 1 furnace for the tar boiler when a joint I of the latter blew out a-nd the escaping f gises caught Etc and then the tar, re- .■; ialting in dense volumes of «moke. The was so situated that there was no dinger of the fire spreading to other p&rte of the works. The damage was . ««timated at about £40. A much more serious outbreak oc«urre«l about 7.50 p.m. in the car factory ■ owned by Mr. 8. Harris. In this case . the fire apparently started in the motor .fliage,-which was completely destroyed, .together with a new motor-car valued ■ it £600 and a quantity of accessories. He flames spread to the etock depart- ' »ttt of the factory, and here 30' cases of tyres and otheT stock suffered con•Mtrtbly, and damage ™ done to that pwt of the building. The fire was extinguished before reaching the room : eemUining the machinery. The owner ' estimates his loes at about £4,000 to I *5/WO. The close proximity of a numkr of two-storeyed houses made a •' nnch more serious conflagration likely, W the brigade's promptness averted ' vie danger. ; At 9.15 pjn., when the fire engine Tia^ I Just returned to the etafcion, the bell •gain rang out, calling the brigade to a : cordial factory owned by Meeers. Gil- ; *erd and Company. The exterior of one »»U wae alight." but was quickly ex- . ttignished. Large casks of hop ale were Uncovered, and were probably spoilt "7 tte smokp. ■ The circumstances are somewhat _ susand the police are investigat- - "8-