HULL BOOK TIMBER BLAZE

Taranaki Daily News, 2 September 1933, Page 7

HULL BOOK TIMBER BLAZE

WORST FIRE IN FIFTY YEARS THOUSAND AIDING FIREMEN SHIPS HAVE TO BE MOORED GRASS FIRES IN MIDLANDS By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Rec. 8.35 p.m. London, Sept. 1. The finest August for a century closed with the worst fire for 50 years raging all night long in the Hull docks. The outbreak began in stacks of Russian timber at Alexandra Dock. All ships in the docks have had to be moved, while a thousand volunteers are aiding every available fireman to prevent the fire spreading. Trains were used to rush timber from the danger zone. The flames were 50ft. high and were visible for 30 miles. Many moorland fires are raging m the Midlands, including an area of eight square miles near Doncaster which has been blazing for four days. The Reading brewery rescued thirsty villagers in the Burghfield district, to whom water was sent in beer . casks. Thousands of birds died of thirst in East Anglia and elsewhere.