A LUCKY SAVE.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 519, 28 May 1909, Page 3

A LUCKY SAVE.

: COOL ACTION BY A NURSE. The public'have been given only a slight : idea of "the danger which the new 'Nurses' Homo' . was. in through ;. the ; outr' break'/ -of' ' . fire . , there - .on Wednesday. It occurred' in tho room occupied by Nurse Shaw,' through: which',two ' .chimney flues, separated by .an air shaft, ran. ;Whon tho radiator 'system'of heating'was installed some littlo timo. ago tho iluo from tho furnace,instead of being led into one of'the brick. chimneys,' debouched into "tho air sjiaft,'in which a' wooden joist, terminated, and it was'this that: took lire.' I,- Fortunately Nurso Shaw was lying down, in the room /tvhen she was awakened by a. crackling noise, and noticed the smoke in tho room. She it onoe quickly informedtho matron "that there' wasa firo in her. room, 'and,on hor way back to the danger point tolled on a workman to assist her to get out the hose, with which <tho biiilding is supplied. :Before the firo could bo got out and subdued the room .was 'rather badly damaged. as .was also tho nurse's wardrobe. 'A couple of other rooms were damaged slightly br water. . Had the outbreak occurred at instead of in tho middle of the day, the consoquonccs might easily have been, serious, ■ asNurse Shaw is at present on.tho night staff and the firo would probably have obtained a strong hold before it was discovered. • So prompt-was the action of Nurse Shaw and tho staff that tiioro was-nothing for the brigade to do on its arrival. ■