FIERCE BLAZE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 91, 18 April 1941, Page 6

FIERCE BLAZE.

BIG DAMAGE CAUSED.

BRIGADE'S RAPID SAVE.

Though lus* to (ho extent of al>mu £4000 wa* caused by a Cue wliieh raged for half an hour at the cabinet making workshops of (i. (..'. <;o(k1p and Co.. Ltd.. in Lome Street, City, just after 5 p.m. yesterday, the early disenvery of the blaze and jrood work by the Central Fire Ilrigade prevented con~iderahly more serious loss. The tlamo were i-onfincd to tlie back of the bnildinpr. and large stoeks of veneers and completed furniture were !-aved.

Tli<: lire chumhl some exi-ilcment in Queen Street, an area of which, between Victoria Street and Weilesley Street. was tilled with smoke for the period. It broke out in tho s>[i ray room on the top floor, whore completed furniture is lacquered. Stores of inflammable, varnishes generated (crrilin heat and an attempt to attack the flames with a foam extinguisher by Mr. I). IVariT. a foreman polisher, who discovered the outbreak, was defeated. He MilTercd burns on one arm and. with Mr. A. l.'urry, llie only otlier workman present, lie whs driven out of the burning portion of the build-

ing. A large e.\hau»t fan. used to carry iiuay the luMpicr fnim , -. a--i-ted in tlu> initial .-pread of the (in , , liul it wa~ -topped wlifii i In- si In rni was jiivi'ii. Firemen nUaekcd the lila/.i- from tinroof and quickly L!"t it under control. The jirojic-riy was in-uied.