FIRES

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 232, 18 September 1911, Page 5

FIRES

BLAZE IN A COAL MINE. 81 MINERS RESCUED. | I’K i.SS ASSIICt.Vt lON COI'VIIIGHT.I London, Sept. IG. A fire occurred at Chesterlee Street, Colliery. Eighty-one workers were below, ami the greatest anxiety was felt until they were rescued. They were brought to tlie surf,‘ice in batches of five through an upcast air shaft. The damage is estimated at £ 10,900. NOT INCENDIARISM. (Received IS, 5.55 a.m.) Bi'iiss: Is. Sept. ’7. Oilir.i:il cnqr.ir.v in4o the Antwerp J ,ek ft re shewed tha: i< was not due to incendiarism. FIRE AT RIO DE JANI ERO. (.Received IS, 5.55 a.m.) Rio de Janicro, Sept. 17. The Nat ii.t’.al printing office Ims been burned. The loss is estimated at £6060. SCORE AT MATAROA. Taihnpe. Sept. IS. About S p.m. on Saturday a fire at Messrs Eilis and Darvill’s store at Mat area totally destroyed the buildings, and stock. The fire originated in the storeroom vyhen a lamp being used was discovered, inflames after a short absence > 1 the manager from the room. ’I hero is insurance in the Alliance on the building for £3OO ttnd stock £7t o, also in the Victoria for stock £-175

FIRE ON THE TATNUI

Christchurch, Sept. 17.

About four o’clock on Saturday morning a fire was discovered on file main deck of the Shaw', Sgvill and Albion Company's , liner Tainui at No. 3 wharf, Lyttelton. A basket containing rubbish, principally waste from the bottom of the hold; was standing on the fore*main deck opposite No. 2 hold and directly under the officers* quarters and the vessel’s bridge. By some means the flames shot up. The fire was observed by one of llie harbour board’s night watchmen, and an alarm was raised on board the liner. With the use of the up-to-date fire-fighting plant on the Taimii the flames were immediately extinguished. An inspection showed that beyond the scorching of some paint on the ironwork of the officers’ quarters the vessel sustained practically no' l damage. The origin of the fire is a complete mystery, but it is thought that, it was caused by a match accidentally thrown by someone into the basket: the previous evening, and which gradually smouldered. eventually bursting into flames.