FIRE IN SALISBURY STREET.

Press, Volume L, Issue 8544, 26 July 1893, Page 4

FIRE IN SALISBURY STREET.

About 9.15 p.m. yesterday a fire was d»* covered in a five-roomed house, Nα Hβ Salisbury street, owned by Mt H, L ; Bowker, and occupied by Mr T. J. Tfaoraton, an insurance clerk. There was no oee ia the house at the time, and the Bre was first .. seen by a lady who was passing alosg tfe« street, and she gave the information « Mr J. Thompson's, next door. Mr Henry, «i» resides at Mr Thompson's, alarmed the Ess Brigade, and Mr B. Strange broke «Se Thornton's house, bat the smoke we* s> dense is to allow of only a very little fcnsitore being saved. The chemical eogi ol ® were quickly on the scene, and were in preventing the fire damaging the hoaiS o» Mr CM. Gray on the west side, and Mr J.. Thompson's on the other. The fresh nor*-9«£ I wind caused the fire to burn rapidly* (Wβ J the whole of the back portion of the hovm and the shingle roof were ablaze by ta» time the water was laid on from the sIiSS" engines, which were stationed at an ad;P£ cent tank. The Deluge, from the LichSeia street station, had water on a minute betor* the Extinguisher, and allowing for the extra. distance the former had to travel, the mrm tage of the hot water system in peisfc <R time was about three miniates. The rs2#aj engine also came up, but its 88fT *f* were not required. When once ®* water was laid on the fire ?R** quickly subdned. The building' 7** thoroughly gutted. The strong TrinasWS , the sparks on to the shingle roof of ** Goss's houses on the opposite *id*.** . street and one took fire. Two fireraes •%*&** .. on to the roof by means of their lsodsrfe and one of them had a narrow escape feoe " . a severe falL He was crawling up t&e ro» when he slipped, bnt fortunately M* te*» ... canghfc in the gutter aad saved to* from a drop of about twenty ft** A hose was turned on to tie \&r ~ .and all danger from the fire was qffius*? . Averted. The fire appeared to hay* <$$%£ nated in. the kitchen of Mr The*s»» house, or in a small room adjoiniag* f*? Thornton states that he and his M - to a friend'a house about half-past Bsri s leaving small fires in the p? rlo!:u \*fil . : kitchen. The baflding was vasaref tm £.200 in the Standard Office, and tSe r«atare for £110 in the South. British ©»* Mr Thornton had oaly moved into *j» house about a fortnight ago, h&fing *** merly lived two doors sway. Hβ g**J verbal notice to the Insurance the removal, but it is stated that was not made upon the policy.