FIRE BRIGADES' COMPETITION.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5646, 25 March 1880, Page 2

FIRE BRIGADES' COMPETITION.

; The annual competition of the. Napier and Port Ahuriri Fire .Brigades will take place to-mdrrow; The Brigades will muster ; at 10 a.m., and the events will come off in tlie following qrder i— First Event, Two-handed Run.— T^b pen to run 100 yards to fire plug, carrying a hydrant, 50ft length of wet canvas hose, and a . branch, pipe ; , fix hydrant, connect and lay delivery hos^ fix : branch j and show water through the' no2^le. First prize a trophy e.'icli, presented by Mr Fi W. Collins, with £4 added ; : second prize, £2 ; third pl'tee, Ml.. Secdri^. Event; Single-handed;— One man to Start from point of B*haft| of engine to put it in thorough working order, namely, to uncover fire plug, fix hydrant and auction hose, lay off a 50ft length of cdnvrta hose iwm eatfh sicle, of engine, fix branches, and return to engine, itirtkitig dne beat on break block. Each competitor must do this with each engine ; the prizes to be awarded In accordance with the best aggregate ]bime. Firsb. priae, itemslGy'a medaJ, \viih£l added; seed.nd prize, Inspector Miller's medal, witk ki dddod j third prize, double-barrelled giin presented by Mr EL. "VvTilHams {. fourth prize, two pairs df boots presented by Mr E: W.^fenqwles. Third Event, Hose-reel and Jbadder.>— Four men to run 100 yards to lire plug with hose-reel and' gear, fix hydrant, connect and run out 100 ft length of hose, raise ladder, mount to platform S2ft'high, and allow" water from 1 platform clear of ladder. First, prize;. Mayor's dilp; fdur cups presented. byJVIr L; Harris, and a special prize of £3 3a presented by Mr R. Barrows'.;, second pr'iae, £,2. Fourth Event, Inter-Brigade Contest. — Eight men from each Brigade to run one heat each with large engine, small engine, dnd hoUe'-reell .rriaking altogether three runs to each Brigade. The heats to be run as rollows ;^ist heat. — Hose-reel to be run 100 yards to fire plug, fix hydrant and lay off a lOOffc length of hose, return to hydrant aiid lay ofj! a Second length of 100 ft of house j fii "both "brdnoTleV-'arid throw both jets of water over a rope loft high.' 2nd _,hea'tj— Small manual engine to be run 1 50 yards to fire plug, fix hydrant and suction hose, lay off 100 ft of hose from each side of engine, fix branches, and throw both jets of water over a rope 15ft high. 3rd he{>ti— Lai'ge manual engine to bo run 3d yards id 'cistern ; Square and locli forecarriage, extend levers, and unlock breaks, fix two lengthssuction hose, run outlOO feet of delivery ho3e from eacli side of engine, fix branches and throw both jets of water over rope 15 fe^t high. The quickest aggregate tirrio to be the winners. First prize, trophy presented by Union Insurance Company, with £1 per man added. FiftH Event, Fireiiiens"' Hade, distance 200 yards.,— Tlie helmet, tpnic, belt, axe, aiid key of each competitor will be placed some ten yards in advance of tlie starting point, and on the starting signal being given each competitor will run to his clothing, and dress either there or as he runs, the first man at winning post with uniform and accoutrements complete and properly fastened to be declared the winner. First prize, _cup presented by Mr E. Ashton, with Jl added ; second prize, two thirds, of entrance money ; third prize, one third of entrance money. Post entries.; open to all firemen; entrance 2s 6d. . There will b© an interval of half. an hour between the second and third events. The following gehtldnien have conributed to the money prizes given : — Messrs Sutton and Russell, M.H.R.'s, £5 6s ; Messrs Neal and Close, £5 5a ; Mr R. Barrows, £3 33 ; Mr C. Canning, of Nelson, £1 Is. The sum of £8 8s was subscribed at the Spit, but we were unable to obtain the names of the subscribers. Inspector W. Miller and Messrs Liddle and Rolls -have been elected to act as judges ; Superintendent H. Wilding and ' Mr Limbrick, starters ; Messrs L. Harris and 5... E. Cooperj .timekeepers ; Messrß G. H. Swan and J. V. Brown, timetakers; Superintendents Kemsley arid Wilkie, • examiners of apparatus.