FIRE IN A BOARDING SCHOOL.
CREDITABLE DISCIPLINE. [Per Press AssocoJijohJ] WA2*GhA2?TH, Otaly 31. A fire broke out at midnight irisfcbe Wanganui Collegiate School, in which over one hundred boarders, in addition to the Principal and Mrs Empson and a large-staff of servants, were sleeping. The fire was* confined to the master's room on the bottom floor at the rear of the building, in wlMfehi. everything was destroyed. The alarm msas raised by one of the boys sleeping in. a, room-above that in question, and the system of fire drill among the boys was responsible for the utmost order prevailing. The? brigade was promptly on the spot, and, tbewgh the room was amass of flames, which wjanfevshooting ont of the window to tfte roetf above* promptly subdued the fire. The insurances •on the building are £3600, and oniithe furniture £1000.
WELLINGTON, Jrijy 31. In June last year, an outbreak similar to yesterday's occurred at, Government House. A thorough examination of premises was then made, and what were supposed to be effective alterations in fireplaces all through the building were carried out. The captain of the Fire Brigade is of opinion, from what he has already seen, that defective chimneys are very common in Wellington, and are likely to be«a fruitful source of fires.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6551, 31 July 1899, Page 3
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