FIRES IN CITY

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 63, 8 December 1930, Page 12

FIRES IN CITY

Damage to Residence Hire broke out in a house, No. 19 Whittaker Street, soon after 9 p.m. on Saturday. No one was at home at the time, and the flames had a good hold by the time the Central Hire Brigade arrived on the scene. The brigade quickly had the fire under control, thereby eliminating danger to No. 17 next door, from which No. 19 is semi-detached, and separated only by a brick and concrete wall.'

Those who live in No. 17 Whittaker Street were seated in a room at the back of the house while the fire was beginning. Persistent and growing noises and thuds led eventually to an investigation, and by this time flames were coming from the windows. The fire had Ix-en seen, however, by some small girls near Ghuznee Street and they gave the alarm. The residence which was on fire was a wooden house of four rooms occupied by a Mrs. Reynolds, whose husband is in hospital at the present time. Two bedrooms and the kitehen. with their contents, were fairly severely damaged by fire, smoke and water.

SCHOOLROOM GUTTED Fire in Sydney Street Passing along Sydney Street at 3.20 a.m. yesterday, Sergeant Bonisch, of the Police Force, discovered that the rear portion of St. Paul’s Schoolroom was ablaze. The Central Fire Brigade was quickly on the scene and prevented the fire from spreading to the rest of the building. The room at the back, which is used generally for social evenings and similar purposes, was gutted. The remainder of the ball was damaged slightly by smoke. FLAMES IN THEATRE Little Damage Done Smoke pouring out of the ventilators of the New Quality Theatre, Island Bay, just after 1 a.m. yesterday drew attention to a fire which had started within. The Central Fire Brigade was called at 1.12 a.m. and found that the fire had begun under the stage at the rear of the theatre. The blaze was not a serious one and was soon extinguished, although some of the flooring was slightly damaged.