FIRES.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14450, 9 November 1917, Page 2

FIRES.

LAD S^^)t%^ : '^TONEt). „

VALTtABLF. TROTTTNG HORSES*

. . SAVjpu,,., .». v.A : . (Per Press Association.) C^STQOTRCH, this day. Last evening .the racing stables of Ben Jarden, the --well-known.* -trainer -of i trotters, at Islington,;, were '! destroy eel Aby fire. When Mr Jarden reached Islington the- r 'stables were well ' ablaze "and . beyond .all hope of being saved.. Viable horse's m the building .were*, .saved, and apart, from a singeing and ..frighit seem little the worse for the. adventure.. ;Mr Jarden- owed the . recovery of /his horses primarily to the pluck .and-re-source of one of the stable boys, Raymond Gibson,- who dashed into the burning stables. He had rescued three of the four horses-fAuthor, Dillon, * r President Wilson, Ijilloii Bell, and Matchlight A-before he fell /! upc6risciouWJ- * Ahtnpr Dillon Vwas •*„ difficu?^ to,. rehipve, and thie boy had to tise -a.vfork v te > "prod"' the horse to'faGO the f^amesr Author (Dillon's tail was badly singed, but otherwise he sustained • ho injuries. ' ' '.'.•>■**•'*'*••■ "V*V The staiblee of v*B; Jarden^ the wellknown 'trainer of 'trotters, were completely .destroyed by: fire last night. Valuable . horse!?/' including Author v Dillon, John Dillon, and^ Agathos, were res(nied-.*with-out much in jury^/thoug-ha Author Dfrioni was rather severely singed. . Ray son, a stable hand, a lad of about 16 years, was seriously burned .when, rescuing the horses'. "'A Thehy safety ;*waA largely, due, tt> his efforts. Gibson is now m the •hospital. - ' His condition ia serious.; - •,.... . , Y& A HOKITIKA, this day. A fire broke out at 9.30 o'clock last! ' nighit m the .Masonic hotel. It had* ai bitr-hoM when discovered. , Tlie" brigade, aided by, a fine water . supply, made a brilliant "save!" .The upper "story waa gutted. . Thfe. iasuraiince was '^jpO m thei South British office on I There. was nothing bnithe. atopic or furniture. The loss of .{.he. proprietor, Mr W. is considerable. *'•.. The; fire^ brigade . received* a call au 7.40 last niglit to .suppress an outbreak of fire m the east«rrtt^rtioh)6f an nn- • occupied house m 'Russell- street 1 ;' near - t $jp Dp)netV. street intersection. *!■ Tbe.fiye ;w^ * 500n... under ,co jytfolA' blit at' 12.40 ,\ this morning another :*. call was reoeiyed. The brigade discovered the western portion ...of the .building to be ..'.on fire, ■ and before it was extinguished the'bmld- N ; big . was gutted. The house,, which* is »' '«nly';d' small one, had .been unoccupied fpT some tirtie. As ;far as caw be . ascertained' there were no insurahc.es. on , •tl^vJtjij'Udihg, whjdir.was'ownetl by! !Ntr v t .Tije origin; of. tha , two fires is a mystery. A ' /'■■ ■ ■■ mA'-'\ IT mmmmm: * x.i-.t- "