THE ORIENTAL HOTEL FIRE.
ALLEGED LACK OF MEANS OF ESCAPE. JPKB PRESS ASSOCIATION. Wklukotoh, December 2. The inquiry into the death of William Crawford, a victim of the Oriental ! Hotel fire, was continued to-day, and farther adjourned till to-morrow. Evidence given by boarders who escaped showed that they were considerably in the dark as to the means of exit from the building in case of fire. The superintendent of the Fire Brigade said be bad always regarded ihe place as extremely dangerous to live in. He bad ordered the owners to carry out certain work to facilitate exit, but this bad not been done. During his evidence the superintendent said that ropes were not *n efficient means of escaps! from burning buildings. There should i be railed balconies, with fixed iron! ladders leading to the ground.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 285, 3 December 1901, Page 3
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136THE ORIENTAL HOTEL FIRE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 285, 3 December 1901, Page 3
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