FIRE IN STABLES.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 44, 22 February 1927, Page 9

FIRE IN STABLES.

25 HOUSES ENDANGERED. THREE Ki>. An outbreak of fire caused >~i ...;>• damage Iα Muat. and I'.iii]iany« stables in Tinakori I!oad. Wellington, on Satuidav evening. «hii«f ihree valuable draupln horses nen- -u liadly iuirrit that they had Iβ be dotroyed. Twenty-five hurtles »er« rUiUlrd in th« building, and when t.ie.r removal, the stable foreaiaa. .lames ]*erry, received minor injurJ.-s to hi* l< 4 through a kick from on« of : lip jmmaV, trhile James Croddard. a tiviiian wlio *',*<> lent valuable aid. was overcome bv WDoke and hud to l>e removed to ho*pita!. The building ii- cans:rurted of brioc, with an iron roof, and consist* of tuit floors. On Ibe ground floor are t"f stalls providing accomniodetioa for -u ]ior«e*. uhile the first floor u- ufeed for the storage of horse feed and bedding. Tiie brigade received the call at (I..Vi 7>.m.. and within a few minutes na< on the scene of the outbreak. The fire, ehi.a appear*, to have originated ajnong tl.e fodder on the firet floor, then had a g'u.i hold, and volumes of black smoke an.l flame were belching skya-ard through ;iie roof. The frantic and mournful mile ni the horses, terrified by the burning r»f.t above them, could be plainly heard. T->e firemen, however, did t*piendid «rork. an.i '00E ha.l the fiam<t under control. nhij« their presence on tiie ground floor dii much to qujften the anjmal*. Uiiii tn« fire in check iheir removal was s:-ts-mp;ed. every horse being got out alive. This uork nir carried out niihout av.\ thing in the nature of a stampede. »b:l« once out of the building trie animals were immediately let loose. Falling fragments of burning »i».d and strau resulted in th« 'n the stalj.- being in a number of ra, - f -- thrt* of tae animals being H*vrr»!r burnt a< a re»ult. T«,i }:ad to be +ajdestroyed on Saturdav eirniltc, while 'he third rweivfd a fri'-n-llv '.iul!«-r ye*terilay morion::. Tiie«e three hor«p<i were estimated to t»e srorth in the ririnnv of £1,.i. w,,i> four otier ho rue i> tiiai re.-fived minor burn. nil. require \f..;,nary attenti .n. f iood e nrk wa.. duij° ux \>» p i' t \ c and a number of civilian* in n the ]i •cratifn of the an.mei* β-hiia «n« recovered an.i returned t. their *'*\ • by 10.30 on Saturdav •■v<-n:ny. T!.~ ;iuii<<ing an,; it- rmtt-r.:* ne.-e rnur.J by iri'nrarirv-