EXCITEMENT AT FIRES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19031, 30 May 1925, Page 16 (Supplement)

EXCITEMENT AT FIRES.

WIFE LOWERED IN SHEET. CHILDREN THROWN DOWN. Thrilling rescue scenes took place at a fire which destroyed the \\ hy Not Tnn, East Haddon, one of the most ancient hostels in Northampshire. Aroused at midnight by smoke in his bedroom, Mr. Henry Yallop, the licensee rushed to the door to find escape entirely cut off. He aroused Mr. Leslie Pascal, a lodger, who jumped from the window to the ground. Mr. Yallop then threw his three children into Mr. Pascal's arms, and lowered his wife by means of a sheet. lie had just time to jump clear himself before the bedrooms were ablaze. Fifteen minutes later the inn was _ a complete ruin, the fire brigade being practically helpless through hick of water. A house dog confined downstairs was saved by Mr. Pascal, despite a sprained ariklo as the result of his leap . from the upper window. Several people were trapped by a fire that broke out in a lodging-house at Waterford. The sleeping rooms were cut off from the staircase by the flames, and the occupants of the house, seeing this, became panic-stricken. A lodger, Mr. Murphy, tried to save his 16-year-old daughter by lowering her by a sheet from a top-storey window 40ft. from the ground. The sheet was short, and when the girl was half-way down she let go and was dashed to the ground, sustaining severe injuries.