MINOR FIRES
OUTBREAKS 'IN CITY
r- Two calla to minor outbreaks of fire In the city -were received by the Fire Brigade yesterday. ; The first, at 3.44 p.m., was to a threestory brick and iron building in Jervois quay, owned and largely occupied by Messrs. J., Ilott, Ltd., advertising agents. Fire and water damaged the office contents and fixtures of the United Distributors, Ltd., on the ground floor, but no damage was done to the building itself. The supposed cause of the fire was a spark from the incinerator. - ■ .
The contents of that portion of the second floor of the Broadway Buildings Courtenay place, which is occupied by Mr. Horace Burton Eose, polish manufacturer, were damaged by a fire that broke out at about 8 p.m. Mr. Eose iumself was cut about the head by falling glass while attempting to save his stock, and had to be taken to the Hospital m the city ambulance. The fire it is thought, was caused by a gas jet being left turned on. Mr. Bose's stock was uninsured.
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 144, 15 December 1927, Page 8
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175MINOR FIRES Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 144, 15 December 1927, Page 8
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