Spate Of Fires Causes Appeal For Care

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30264, 17 October 1963, Page 24

Spate Of Fires Causes Appeal For Care

nm* was no pattern « thte in th* spate at Ores wMch had broken out in Cbctatetenh- and auborta thte monte, said the Chief Fir* Officer (Mr L. R. Osmond). In jbe test 14 teoa ot «te month the fire had answered 73 33 to- fires white damaged peuperity. IVoperty fires were more than M per cent of the total caSla, including fisto* atems, teomney fires, acid otaas fires. TWs paroeutajiii ana lawwßy bite, be said. Jtmstetetem at Ifoe causes of fires showed tout most were caused by a lack of appreciatoon of toe rites being token. “I appeal *> everybody, at this time of toe year, to keep toe tensest watte on toe burning of rubbish, to make ttpraottaaßiy ianposribie tor tefbdreo to obtain mafches, and to make absolutely certain tote cigarette butts are properly stubbed out before they are fcrown away,” Mr Osmond said. It was datuteing that five of toe fires dealt with this month had been started by obildren playing with mattees, he said. Some of toe more dangerous fires dealt with had started from seemingly rteattrely harmless practices. Mr Osmond mentioned the fire ait WardeUs, I4d, a fire in the katteen of a house in Wainoni when a baby was rescued by a neighbour, a fire in a house at Hornby caused by fireworks exploding, and a fire in a large property in Winchester street as the most potentially dangerous fires the brigade had been called on to deal with this month. The police are still inquiring into four fires from unknown causes ait Lyttelton that damaged cars, garages, and an unoccupied house. More fires

The train of property fires continued on Tuesday. A disused store ait 12 Eversleigh street on property occupied by Mr George Shaw was severely damaged by fire which started in a wail of the 30fit by 14ft building. Firemen from the St. Albans and Central stations answered the call at 11.32 am. and saved half toe store.

Slight damage was done by a fire in the paper store of Weeks, Field, Ltd., Bdckerton street. The store is an 80ft by 200 ft concrete-block building. Firemen from the Central. end Woodston stations were called ait 11.50 a.m.

The washhouse of the caretaker’s home at toe Woolston School, Ferry road, was destroyed by fire at 1 p.m. The

fire started fa firewood in toe 10ft by 10ft wooden building. Firemen from the Central and Wooteton stations confined to* bias* to toe washhouse, A coal shed, 15ft by 9ft, at 28 Tower street, on property occupied by Mr Peter Charles Yestesan, was destroyed by fire at 237 pan. Firemen from Sockburn and Sydmtoem put out toe tflaze. It reused aiigtot damage to * garage si 28 Tower street, a property occtguied by Mr Aten Bunce. A fire in sates near a fowihouse on property occupied by Mr Bernard Ftettenr at 112 Amye* road, Hornby, reused slight damage to the fowlhouse. Firemen from Sockburn and Sydenham answered a call at 3.25 pm.