HOME GUARDSMEN IN ACTION
Extinguished Fire Under Wooden Bridge Dominion Special Service. NAPIER. February 14. A national service was performed by Home Guardsmen last night when they were responsible for extinguishing an outbreak of fire under a wooden bridge across the Ngaruroro River at Clive, 'flic lire was discovered In its early stages when it was seen from (he parade’ground of the Clive unit nearby. A crosspiece below Ihe decking was well alight, evidently having been ignited by a lighted match or cigarette butt. Guardsmen climbed into the un-der-structure of the bridge and with buckets of water quelled tlie blaze, which. if it had been left for another 10 minutes or so, would have been difficult to handle, being seated in dry tarcovered timbers. .
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Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 121, 15 February 1941, Page 10
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124HOME GUARDSMEN IN ACTION Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 121, 15 February 1941, Page 10
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