FIRES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 770, 19 March 1910, Page 10

FIRES.

S:' "v.. .OpTfiEOAK,iTPBTONE.7 ;, .';''.■."■ ■•'. .'■' A dwelling-house at 'Petone,. , ' belonging '■ - to! the occupier, Mr. , J.' Blair, whs .gutted .by fire at 0.30 tliis morning." There'was ; considerable delay in summoning thbbrK ..; gade owing to thpso who' first.noticed the :•• outbreak.not. being acquainted .tfith the ::-■ fire alarm system. When the. brigade'arriWci o4 tho scene the building.was cpiii.:pletely. in flames. . If appears:.that' Mr. ; V Blair and his-wifo'andi,family of thrie- -.; : . i '«'■!-^n", *•«**» asleep when-the 'ftro orig- '■-■ inafed.- Being , , disturbed, bygone'of the -children, \vh.n Was suffering from whoop-, ~ ■ ing. cough,' Mr. Bkir .awok* to firid-tho house on fite..., All the oecupanfe had a '. nalrrbw escaiSfSi Nothing - ttas saved bit a little bedding. 'The Atl&s Company held ; .;thW.-risl.-'«.'V'.?«li:.fr-'-» fis'Klow:*- House/ '-,' ..¥M'i furriitiire, ;'.£3O!V ,a. is . suppasec .-that the in-p;originated'in the ■uiniiig-v-.topni, but the cause is unkildwn.-, ".'"•. ;' '}~ : . After enjoying a.period, of. comparative. . qiiiet. for a' (ew dsysi 'the Fire Brigade ... was called ■ out at B.D yesterday ' morn- •'■'■ inf to an' outbreak of fire in .a laile i off ■;■' Ghuznco Street, at the back of. the; <-hri- ■ baldi Club, whsfe' the UJillolstery.' works . of- Messrs. Ivan .and Thompson' were: : found to. be-.ih a mass of flames. Thi : scat of..tifr -fife".wa's amongst sdme" kapOo, .and,, as the building covered some highly .inflammable .materials', :the .position was ■.■:;'eerions< Before, the brigade obtained ; the, ... upper ; haild, '. tho. contents, of ■ • the .■'.Uβ- ; lofstery. v/orl;s, were almost entirely destroyed, and the building frai'voTysevete-- .-■-. Iγ. damaged... '• The building, ■w'hich.'is ' owned by Mr. J. H. My'tts, builder, who • ■.•'occupied thd. ground floor as a store, ivas iinsured fflf the Cbmniefcial Uiiibii. :6fficc. '..' The. c'6'rifents it the upholstery; •.•■ -■works ;were nbt,.insured. The .Garibald'i . .Club", promisee vrtii damaged b'yV water,- .'-. The premise's t>l Mr. il:-it'Grath'j coaeh-. • -■•bnilder, Jirid -Mr., Jas. Brown, sa'w ijairer, were also slightly daniaged. .':.'.. ••-V : --At 7.3S;ji.ih. yesterday -the •I'ire:.6riglid? deceived S call.to No. 11 Hopper. fitfeot, a 'Six-rodined:.dtfellifl{; occupied , 'by Anthbny;~C.' Coker. Tho back , , p'or- . .tioii.'of the. house was considerably'dam- ,■:. aged by,.life , , frhloh; oiSoiirrfed ; «iiile the: • occitpailts *ero r otit, ; and is supposed to : .'liave-besii caUs«l:through airing clothes -- in ' front 'of tli<4' fire. The: building. is ••:•■ owned by,Mtv A. , E. Diiftoslf.-'■'■ Contents ar* Mb in. the United Ofice. ■ ■■,■ [fli6 .Minimal Hand FirS Extinguielief -.-' combines tho snaxinilinl of simplicity with effoctivdliMS ahd.ecbnpmy.. It is self-act- .-, inj-Mt.. A. T.. Bilte, '• Nathan's Buildanga, Wellington, .is' the agent.^-Advt.j.,.