FIRES.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20623, 12 August 1932, Page 18

FIRES.

JACKSON'S SCHOOL BURNED. As the result of bush fires in <he vicinity of Jacksous, a small village on the West Coast line, near Otira, the local school was completely destroyed on Wednesday, shortly after mid-day. No children were injured, as the schoolhouse was empty for the lunch hour. The West Coast has been experiencing very little rain over the past low weeks, and the undergrowth in the bush has become very dry. Bush fires have been fairly common, and, in Wednesday's case, it is thought that some wind-blown embers lodged themselves under the school at Jacksons, setting fire to the building. Only seven, pupils attend the school, and arrangements for their, accommodation will be made without much difficulty.

Some time ago the Canterbury Education Board suffered a small loss from similar causes on the West Coast when a shelter was burned down at the* G oldsboron gh Sch 001. OUTBREAK IN WAREHOUSE. Eire broke out la?t evening in tho premises of Messrs Manning and Dorreen, wholesale crockery merchants, at 221 Tuam street, and considerable damage was done to the ground floor before the brigade extinguished the flames. The building was left shortly after five o'clock by the occupants, and the origin of tho fire is a mystery. The grouud floor, containing many shelves, stocked with goods, was gutted on one side, and the ceiling was badly burned. Some of the contents were destroyed, but the fire was prevented from spreading to the top floor, which the firm uses as a wireless and radio workroom. The building is insured with Lloyds'.