FIRES.

Evening Star, Issue 15065, 23 December 1912, Page 6

FIRES.

_ At about 3.40 yesterday afternoon the fire brigade received a call to Messrs Booth, Mac Donald, and Co.'s engineerinc works at Sydenham, Christchurch. The fire was confined to the moulding and pattern shops, which formed part of the old buildings. The fire at one time looked like y to involve the greater part of the works, but the brigade were very promptly, at work, and the outbreak was localised. J nc damage done was not very extensive ine building was insured for £4OO in the •sun Office, and the contents for £9OO. Mr ♦°°ni ( S?i imates the dama & e approximately at ijl.uuO.

A five-roomed wooden house, owned by i f?-' Cummin S a "d occupied by Mr j A. Pickard and family, and situated is .bath street, Mornington, was destroyed b? fire on Saturday night. The fire was first noticed at about 10.40 p.m. by a Miss Constanco Farland, who drew her brother's attention to smoke issuing from the house. They immediately roused the occupants, Mrs Pickard and her two young children, and assisted them to leave the burning building. Sl v Pickard was away from home at the time. His wife states that as she was going to bed, an hour before sh'e was awakened, she had placed some- of the children's clothes on a cano chair before the fire in the room where the outbreak was first noticed. Only a few articles of furniture were saved from the building. The furniture and contents were insured in the Victoria Office for £l5O, and the house in the National Office for £350.