FIRE BRIGADE COMPETITIONS

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 8115, 10 November 1904, Page 3

FIRE BRIGADE COMPETITIONS

A very pleasant afternoon .4 sport was onjoyed on Wednesday afturnoon on the rosrrvo opposite ,thy Fire Brigade stition, when several competitions, arranged by the local brigade, were decided.* Captain Dowling, of the Fire Police, acted ira judge, and Mr H. Warcup as starter. Messrs Sargent, Brunette, and Purser were timekeepers. The first contest was the one-man engine event, i,n which competitors had to run from tho front £0 yards to engine, lock fore-carriage, turnover and lock levpro, connect two lengths suction hose to ougino, connect to engine and run out 50 foot canvas hose for each side, and fix branches, run back to engine and give one qtro^e on beat block. There were 14 contestants. Lieut. McNiven, icr., lmin 11 &6sec, 1: Hydrantman Hurley (handicap 4secs)', Imifi 13 2-6aec, 2; Branchman Rogelji (handicap 1 set)),, lmin 15 l-ssec, 3. Hose and hydrant event. "Man to -ran 8 yards, pick up hydrant, run' 15 yards to plug, .nx hydrant and connect 60 feet Itufift'ffi Aftch delivery of hydrant, fix brnuckjM and finish 5 yards m front of either branch, delivery to be run out at right tngUw to starting point. Hydrant,delivery and MMchjet to bp placed 5 yards from starting point. There were 14 competitor*. 'Branchmsti itogcjrs (scratch), &1 2-ssoc, 1 ; Fireman McAneny (penalty) bee), 66*erB, 2; Hydrantman Emmertou (ft»ns£ap 4sec; penalty 1 sec), 5$ 3-s&ec,

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