THE SITUATION SAVED.

Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 32, 7 February 1908, Page 8

THE SITUATION SAVED.

At the outset of the fire a strong north-east wind blew, carrying; the ' flames roaring before it, but it dropped after a time, and . tho lull enable^ the brigade to cope with the fire. Every fire appliance in the city and suburbs was called into use, and the river, though so far away, saved the situation and prevented tho destruction of the centre business blocks of the city. TRAMS DIVERTED. The late tramway service to the south, had to be diverted by way of Lincolnroad and tho South Belt, the manager cutting off the centre section lest an accident to the poles should bring down live wires amongst the crowd, which numbered between twenty and thirty thousand. APPLIANCES WELL MANAGED. A fine feature of the workers was the fact that every old fireman in the town rallied for volunteer service, and "the engines and plant wero never better manned. The crowd behaVed in a most orderly manner, und tho brigades was but little hampered.