FIRES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 454, 12 March 1909, Page 5

FIRES.

(BY TELERUAPII—I-tlKss ASSOCIATION.) •i 6 . FIRE-ENGINE COMES TO GRIEF. 0 Chrlstchuroh, March 11. ;fc>hortly after,.two..o'clock this afternoon an alarm of--lire-wag given to tho brigade. Ihp outbreak, which was in tho roof of Mr Leicester Matson's house at Merivale, was Kept m check by the motor chemical engine, and-finally extinguished by a hand chemical appliance, without much damage being done An accident delayed tho horso chemical As it was proceeding up Papanui road, an electric car m' front suddenly stopped. An open ditch—part of the excavations for the water supply—made it impossible) to- turn off and the engino crashed into the rear of the ear. The pole went through one of the back windows, and broke off, but no turtnor damage was done.

OUTBREAK 'AT PALMERSTON. Palmcrston North, March 11. i'lro m the Square last night badly gutted tho lederal Restaurant premises. ' Smoke Tt n te £ ca » sed F oat dama 8° t0 the stock ot J u hwallow, bookseller, adjoining. The building was owned by W. Welch. The insurances were:—On thV building, £500- on SwaUows stock £300; on furniture £100—all in the Phoenix; on the furniture in the restaurant belonging to Mrs. Elsmore, «K Ch f ?™, tu ™>,|eneag to Mrs. Gillies 100, both in the Northern. A BURN AT AUCKLAND. i«■ •n , Aslant), March 11. , A firo in Customs Street , last night gutted two workshops occupied by Gibbons anS Har-' ris and Rochfort and Boale. A quantity of machinery was saved. Rochfort and Bcale nffi r0 "rZ d f ° r ?°2P in the New Zealand office; Gibbons and Harris for £500 on the National. £4 °° ° a th ° conte »» * *>* No A sq U r"h;iT ed i lOU5e in S o "* l ' Kilbirnie, Ao. 39 Chi dors Terrace, occupied by Mr Frank- Lord, and owned by Mr John Wright, caught fire at 10.25 p.m. yesterday j Two front rooms and- their contents were bady damaged, and other rooms, with heir Thnf % Tf by *j> o ™* wafdamiged™ " all ° f an a!ljoil,i "S »™> At four a.m. yesterday the brigade turned out to afire in a builder's workshop at the rear of M. 141 Bmtoul Street. Tie shed Mr ic AirV'r, dly ™* M Mr. Alex. Bell and was insured for £50 in the Commercial Union. Tools in tho build Zee™ 6 lnsurcd for £100 in the same m , At 3.28 p.m. a call was received to St Thomas's Church, Riddiford Street, where some grass in the church ground,'was on Another turn-out was made at 4 10 to i two-storey, fiyc-roomed lioi.se, No. 2 Tutchen bv r c'K d by^.a ! l Br ? s " and OC "»S by G. Kreate. A bed and bedding in the front bedroom were destroyed Thn rnn tents of the building were Uninsured ,A 4 U ' E; ,n --a- further call was received »,??■ Cp-Ghuznee Street, where a bed and bedding m the front room of a seven-roorned dwelling occupied by Mrs. S. Robertson were slightly damaged. The contents of tte buildmg are insured in tho Liverpool aid London and Globe Office for £100