FIRES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19759, 9 April 1926, Page 8

FIRES.

GARAGE DESTROYED. (Pbs United Pef.ss Association.) WELLINGTON, April 8. A fire at Petone destroyed Whetton and Barber’s parage, along with a motor bin, an Essex car, tools, and fittings. A nose had to be kept playing on the underground petrol tank to prevent an explosion, borne damage was don© to th© sbopi adjoining; £175 had just been spent on repairing the bus. The insurances were only i/uw, and the loss is heavy. FIRE AT KAIATA. (Pe.b United Pe-ss Association.) GEEYMOUTH, April 8. Fire destroyed a nine-roomed house at Kaiata, West Coast, ocupied by T. Johnston Nobody was at home at the time, and "nothing was saved. _ The prance on iho building was £340. with the State office. FIRE IN COOL STORES. OUTBREAK QUICKLY CHECKED. (Pee United Press Association.! INVERCARGILL, April 8. At 1 pm. to-day an outbreak of fire occurred in the Southland Cool Stores buildings at Bluff. The alarm was promptly sounded on the newly-installed electric siren. Charles Fox, an ex-mem-ber of the Bluff Fire Brigade, was quickly on the scene, and dealt with the situation in a most expeditions manner. Finding (he centre of the trouble. _ which was located in ihe testing room high up under the roof, he Oimhed un on « railway wagon : n the siding and thereby gained pc-ess to a window through which he was e- ■’bled to rlay a lead of water with good e -Vet. Other leads from the stores were (Jso brought to bear, and the flunes. which were bursting through the skylights, were ouicklv checked, Bv the time the brigade had arrived the fire was wed in band. An irsnecSon revealed that the had started in thp rheosp testing room, ano t s damage was to this and an adioininT office. Had there been any wind a greater nortion of the building would have been destmved