Fire In Taonui-Street.

Manawatu Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 142, 26 November 1884, Page 3

Fire In Taonui-Street.

""■ am ::;v{ mm: <..[■•* : :/?)• o.ii ■/. Early thjr .ifeftiiutg' "an 1 old 1 strafe^' tore m, . T^ddm-strect formerly used as a brewery was* found ~ib $re. The alarnkijr m gii^B»<^i«.fp?y ; a^enir bers of tlkv&i&Aivgtd&.bnd' others < pat m ancJappeavaJnije "at then «cene< The old /ol#Jwd*fc :i burntf fiiridV^y, sud but fehe^romj* stayed the progress ,pf ; the, Jatue^j from spreading, to tbe «djacc>nt buildings. ThFbyildiujg wajl| .found to be on fire at gie|Bfttii^ JQpjvJib w#j rWt<W \ tliatallthatcotila be doneto prevent tue #dj*cent buildi^l i^aitmg^ wkV 4ft J cfit the bg^ijf WiUiH^invt^o^niid haul round the poition.>n<>t:in;ifjaraeß. Thin wasdone by the exertions of those present^ap^this theifipk of extension of the fire was avert^ Among those who everted 'tnemselTeV fo the utin^^m Renting ; further spread of the fire Vas Constable Mannjmg^A wjM^orl^d wjjth ia>j will assistea by a lew others who followed his example. {Js& of, the fire is involved m jjhe ancient and dilapidated , ol(J biding 4 had not been oocupied for a lpngtime , past, but it is faelievedjp^cl been upe4 ; •s a rendezvous by^..s^^ ( pjf. tramps, Wjho^ha^prpbably resorted to it as a cflmi^onr stelter. TheVe^was a quaat^jr $ alt the fnttbprV end, neatj thef fije place, whichjwaa where tJ^e w^Ws first bnrjt /forth, and it is fonJKg^ parelessness -with fire^pr ,match«B on ji^e*gayt,o4 the nnau^ojnsedjngjaiea ha« lead to Its dastrgctip^n. r ,V5Che building itself was no- ornament to the JpoJity, but rathet: the ite^diestprie^, tion wonrd not have been, matter for regret tmtfo^^he^pcowmity tf other adjace^^^in^^ioliibfli,,!^^,* timeljMairtr mj. jw^mptly Ipvpughtnto; laWy J»^-.v :«*ffc../.'.lft s close pj^Simitiy^ rtT were ,s % , small > tenement Nathan, „and, dwelling occupied by Mr Lyori*.x family, all of which together with other adjacent buildiD^musthaye be^n deatroyed had th^e,^r^e^ -pf the fire apt been aver^d^^Taß. few members of the ' fire^r^de^resent ,did. ; iit|t seem to Ba^ve'come prepared with the appliances" generally tajren _to the scene of a fire, and in>fe<^ the agarni did not appear to bav^ 'f^wn ; comxuunicated beyond^^^^'?^npie4M^<P locality. The fire^Halso requires adjustment, as it is dfficult t«t r ing, and when rung its alarm is not heard at any diatancjruniett fa *\rti'ik : farourißihle. TBe few .^jVIV^H' 8^ ing are entitled to all -ore^t^o^iboir willingly rendered services on that . ijehilt /i'asiuc; vo-:;-./:TT