PAPATOETOE FIRE

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 233, 2 October 1929, Page 8

PAPATOETOE FIRE

VALUE OF WATER suppLy.i

USED FOR riEST TlMj. ( ,

BRIGADE'S INITIAL FIGHT. '

Papatoetoe's water supply was . into use for tte first time to M fire which occurred at 2.30 this ? ing in a four-roomed houso * M, H. Baildon, i„ ££«£} The volunteer fire brigade made a ™ save under difficulties. f°* Ten minutes passed before «,« could be turned into the main * ater use of a first-aid pumping r,w oV 1 * auxiliary supply P of £&»*J» d « kept the fire partly in check unife flow was secured from thA ' a *f°°4 and within a short time tW'LS§ was under control. o, Weak "The boys did splendid work- IS the superintendent of the hrfafj , ai4 G. J. Bradley, in day to the performance of thp fi to ' with the hosea. He add J f^ Bl quality of the equipment ftjftfti minor handicap, and a powerful $* * obtained from an inch nolh * J® The fire had a good hold when & Baildon was awakened bv I*™,. Jlr ' He found the fire had a£jfeßmt)kekitchenette hurriedly got his wife and to safety. Som e furniture f™T a front of the house and a fL m ih effects were saved buftteS i P?rsoßal the house was was put out. The louw »*-i *» insured for £050 fa the New Insurance Co., was ownedl to M Burnside Bros. The loss \L 7 $ ? ¥' at £375. WA I !** £250 in the New gid^fficf ll4B^ During the eighteen months 'the p fl „ toetoe Volunteer Brigade has tL P& * existence, it ] ms «S <m •fl * " pump and chemicals for fit JS? 1 * The tests with the new water regarded as highly succSful. PPlyare