THE DUNEDIN FIRE.

Grey River Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5809, 25 January 1887, Page 3

THE DUNEDIN FIRE.

FOUR VICTIMS.

[united press association.] Dunedin, January 22. In connection with the fire at the Woodware Company's premises, two of .those burned were rescued alive and two dead. It appears that when the first fall took place one man (Wallace), a seafaring man, was buried up to the waist. A number were engaged trying to rescue him by. prising up the things covering him, when the whole two floors -above gave way and pinned three more. One was A. Miller, a carter in the employ of the company ; the other was E. Esquilant, a young man who is the son of a bookbinder in Dunedin. The fourth is unknown. It took five hours' hard work among the great heat and smoke before the bodies were recovered. Eaquihnt and Wallace we»e alive, Miller and the other dead. Wallace died about 10.30. He was a sailor on board the Waimate, and was 27 years of age. Esquilant died a few minutes, afterwards. Drs Brown, Ferguson, and - M'lntyre (Timaru) were on the scene five hours to render assistance in a dangerous position. They administered chloroform to Esquilant and Wallace. The men and doctors who were working to relieve them did bo at the peril of their own lives, and the way that all worked was admirable. The fire is still burning, and will do so for days. The furniture warehouse is still standing, but gutted.