THREE FIRE-ENGINES RUSH TO SCENE

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 170, 15 April 1939, Page 16

THREE FIRE-ENGINES RUSH TO SCENE

New Typo Of “False Alarm” BURST WATER MAIN IN LAMBTON QUAY Three fire engines from the central station were rushed to the scene when a call was received from the alarm box at the corner of Lambton Quay and Bunny Street, Wellington, at 11.45 o'clock last night. It was not the sight of the Government buildings or Parliament House afire that greeted the brigadesmen, but a burst water main which was throwing cascades of water 75 feet into the air from a point near the grass plot on the Molesworth Street side of the quay. Thousands of gallons of water wasted themselves on washing a section of the quay, creating the impression of a terrific rainstorm to those motorists who risked driving through at the point. A farmer from a drought-stricken area, who was returning to his hotel at the time, gave vent to expressions of his disgust that so much water was going to waste when his lands were brown for the want of it. The explanation for the calling of the brigade was that someone thought that action was called for and apparently considered firemen were the most appropriate people to deal with the situation. It is only a short time since there was a burst main in the same vicinity.