FIRES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 204, 22 May 1908, Page 8

FIRES.

\ ■ 4 —' —— • TELEGRAPH OFFICE .ROOIIS GTJTTED. (BY TEI.EGIUPH.—rRESS ASSOCIATION.) ' ; Auckland, May 21. ■. A firo. which might, have , had sei-ious consequences but for smart work of ,tho brigade ccciirrod .at the "Velcgraph,Ofi;ce' this morning. As tho telephone, exchange clerk was ooming off duty at 1.47 a.m. h* found" his pro-; gress to the stairway leading If Shortland Street .blocked by thick volant- of smoka, evidently proceeding from the dmvition of. tho dispatch room. ' . ■, The 'alarm was at onco and-the Central Brigade (under i-inperintendont Woolly), was on tho K>en« vrf.hiii throe minutes.. .. . , ' Tho door loading to tho dppor story was broken in, and tho flames located in a lavatory adjoining the dispatch room, whero thoy. were rapidly gaining a hold. Tho brigade, however, succeeded in confining the outbreak to two'small rooms; but not before thoy were, completely gutted, .tha rtwf and walls being burned "away. ;• ' OUTBREAK AT ROSLYN. D«n«>rfi, Hay 21. . ; A two-storied wooden buMiig at Roclyn, usod .is a shop nil d dwelling by Mr. Lm sci,; fruiterer, and Mr. Bokcham, fiehmcmt«r, was totally, destroyed by firo this morning at 4, o'clock. . : ■ ; *; / : Lawsonwns insured for £50 on th« stock and furniture ■in tho United offico. Barekam' was uninsured, Tho'building was owned by Mr. W. GediW Tho insurances included £600 in. tho StoU flilioe. ' ■ •- ■