Fire Brigades’ Demonstration

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 310, 22 February 1888, Page 2

Fire Brigades’ Demonstration

Per Press Association. CirmsTcnup.t. r. Feb 21. The Fire Brigades Association met this morning. Tho annual report stated that six brigades had joined dirr’ ig tho year, making 43 brigade-; on the rail, with a membership of ov r lmiO. rue u..iancesliecta showed r '.Tie - .€•!:! i 8s 91, ami expenses €292 7s, leaving a credit balance I of £2Ol IGsOJ. A protest from the Spit j llria i le again the alteration of the con- < ditions for the in -e and hydrant comp >ti- : tion for five men wa ; not allowed. The ! quest; .•>. of admit;lag i. • i.’..i : .eo and Sal- j v.r.. - C./. pe l. the An.*-mat inn was deferred i dll'next Confer,me ■. :’••• E c utivc mean- ! while to ill'.. ,v up i ii ..; i.pp’imhlc l to them. Papers were ixeeived from Cap- ; elation and j...; rilavv i unco to bri- I 1 U( sag:. v.uEm- 1 tho working of ! brigad . Captain MUvho n reported that: ho had U - 'LI i ■ ■ obi tl i any ren L- j cultural Show Grounds fa-day. Tho events began late, and Were got oil' very ; slowly; 'Water w.v: -amped i„ the! hydrant 1(0m a minkon lank by a steam j lire engine. Too main burst dr-Eg first.: event. F-,.f the I?., on-' I V'B :xu Lr five in u two teams have iini.-h n. iriiiiln City, , Manual Engine (dry;, l man ; maw to start 20 yards'from TcVat of engine iu full

working uniform at signal given, run to engine, lock fore carriage, turn ovo*v, secure and unlock levers, connect one&slgth of suction hose to eng : ne (strainer to ho prcvi -n.-ly attached), connect to eDgino and run out .30 feet canvass hose and f x ■ branch, iau back to engine, and give ono ! stroke of lcvirs on boat blocks delivery,

j Isa.-;;: to be insula up in coil and strapped S and with branch detached placed in the j body of the engine, not on rooking shafts; ] sue. ion to be inside pockets i: ds ; closed

it'd caps on : time from start to stroke of lovers on beat clocks ; one entry from each brigade ; open li.ds -A second each ; option." 1 , which side de’ivery is run fi jm ; engine provided by Committee; Association to prm Ido hose and branch. ' ' d First prize, trophy (presented by Deputy Superintendent Smith), value £s‘,ss and £.'i cash : 2nd, silver hand engine (presented by Petersen and Co), valuo £4 4s and £1 10s cash.—Foreman Cow (Christchurch), -IGAsecs, Ist; Foreman Barry (Spit), 48secs, 2 ; O. Goririan (Dunedin City), oOsecs; Mawhine (Masterton) 69 secs; Gunnion (Timuka), 63 ; Gulliver (Rvugiora), disqualified : Compton (AAi« burton), 66 ; Collins (Caversham), GosjKs ; Payne (Wellington), oOsecs ; May (Blenheim), 07sees ; Stanley (HastEgs), 65 secs; Tubb (Timaru), GGsecs ; Cook (Invercargill), oOsecs ; Wallace, Gore and Gordon, olsecs; Da we, (Roslyn), olsecs ; Laws (Napier), 54secs; Morrison (Gisborne), GOsecs.

Manual Engine, for 5 men dressed in shirt and trousers ; man to be lying on stretcher with blanket cover, clothes lying on ground, at a signal from starter get up and dress, pulling on tunic (of which 4 buttons must be fastened), boots, helmet, belt and spanner, running 30 yards to engine to connect to and pay out from near side of engine two lengths of wet canvas hose 50 feet each, fix branch (12 inch, nozzle, connect two lengths suction hose to engine (strainer to bo previously attached) ; tu- u over, secure and unlock lovers ; look fore carriage and pump from a dam filed with water and n-ith water strike a bell disc 3 feet in diameter fixed about 10 foot from the ground; at starting, suction hose to bo iusido pockets on each side of engine, lids closed a”, caps on, delivery hose to bo made up in two coils and strapped and with branch detached placed in body of engine, not on rocking shaft. Penalties : For had work and open lids -J- second ; buttons unfastened (each) 2 seconds ; belts unbuckled, 2 second* ; engine to ho provided by Demonstration Committee, hose and branches provided by the Association.—First prize, trophy (presented by United Fire Brigades’ Association), value £lO, aud £25 cash, trophy to bo won twice in succession or subject to ruling of Association; 2nd prize, £lO cash.—G ire and Gordon Glsecs, Dmedia City G3sccs, Rod} a c ,; squa r fied, Dunedin Railway 85, Gisborne 03, Christchurch 52, Well : ugton 77, Spit 51, Caversham 77, Raugiora SG, Napier 53, Ashburton 72. THs event is unfitfished ail w -1 l bo completed to-morrow. Life Saving Apparatus.—Best poitable life saving apparatus for rescuing ten people from a hr'ld mg, 5 from 30 feet and 5 from 40 feet, apparatus to start 50 yards from building ; time from start till last porson is rescued.—Prize, £2O cash (presented by Deputy-Superintendent Smith). Running apparatus to bo passed by judges as possessing sufficient merit to entitle competitor to prize. Cbristclnvch, 3rrE lGsec, 1 ; Port Chalmers, smm 39sec, 2 ; Wellington, Gmiu 33sec, 3. No other competitors. Ladder Rescue, for 2 men. Two men to run 50 yards to platform, raise ladder, one to ascend and bring baby from top of platform to ground ; any man dropping baby before being dismissed by judges will disqualify the team ; platform 20 feet high ; rungs of ladder to bo tea inch rise ; baby about 28lbs weight; same'baby and from same place on platform for a 1! brigades, such baby not to used boforo day of competition ; one entry from each brigade; time to be taken from start till ladder man touches the ground agam.—First prizo, two silver medals (presented by G. T. Whito and A. Gunderson), valuo £2 2s, and £8 cash ; 2nd prize, JU- cash.—Dunedin City, 20 sees, 1 ; Napier 21 secs, and Timaru 21sccs, equal 2nd. These teams have protested Duneom for starting before the pistol was fired. Ashburton 32secs, Invercargill Municipal 2G, Rangiora 22, Dunedin Railway 2Gsecs, Roslyn 25secs, Chirstcbr.vch disqualified, Port Chalmers 24, South Dunedin disqua’ified, Caversham 25, Spit 22, Hastings 30, Wanganui 27, Gisborne 22, Tetnuka 23, Wel'ington 23, New Plymouth 21sccs.