TAR IGNITED

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21845, 6 July 1934, Page 10

TAR IGNITED

100 GALLONS DESTROYED LIQUID BOILS OVER About 100 .gallons of tar were destroyed by fire at the premises of British Pavements, Limited, Three Kings Road, Mount Roskill, yesterday morning. The tar was being heated in two boilers when it boiled over and was ignited by flames from the furnace underneath.

Tho ' Mount Roskill Brigade was called, and in spite of difficulties caused by a dense volumo of smoke, the firemen controlled the outbreak with a lead of hose. The boilers were twisted by tho heat. No other damage was caused, as the boiling operations were being carried out in a scoria pit. SHOP IN QUEEN STREET DAMAGE TO THE STOCK An outbreak of fire occurred at an early hour yesterday morning in the premises of G. J. Mackay, seedsman and florist, 98 Queen Street, and several shelves and a small quantity of stock were damaged. Tho flames were quickly extinguished by firemen from the central station, equipped with first-aid apparatus

OUTBREAK AT FITZHERBERT LARGE HOUSE DESTROYED [by telegraph—OWN correspondent] PALME-RSTON NORTH, Thursday A firo at Fitzherbert West destroyed a largo house, which resulted in heavy personal loss to tho occupier, Mr. J. I/. W. Maclean. Mrs. Maclean was in Palmerston North at tho time. Mr. Maclean was at work in a paddock when ho saw smoke rising. Ho believed it to be from a bush fire, but on making investigations he found his home was ablaze. The house was a mass of flames and it was impossible to approach it, with the result that nothing could bo saved. The building, which was an old one, was covered by insurance: