NARROW ESCAPE FROM FIRE.

Westport Times, Volume II, Issue 241, 9 May 1868, Page 2

NARROW ESCAPE FROM FIRE.

Last evening, about nine o'clock, Trimble's Nelson Hotel, and with it no doubt a large portion of Grladstonestreet, was in serious danger of destruction. It seems that a candle had been placed on a chair at the top of the stair landing, and by some means the draught blew the flame against a blind which ignited, and set lining and paper of the house in a blaze. Fortunately it was almost immediately discovered, and a host of willing hands lent valuable and prompt assistance before the fire had spread. By this timely aid the paper, &c, was torn down and all danger quickly at an end, without any more damage done than a windowblind, and a little canvas and paper consumed. If a few minutes pnly had elapsed before help was rendered, we might have had a very different tale to tell. We need scarcely say that neither the Nelson Hotel, or any other build ing in Westport is insured for a farthing, and the disastrous loss—even ruin, that a fire would entail, may be easily imagined. This is the first warning as to the necessity for establishing a fire-brigade in the first place, with all proper appliances, and in the second, for providing an adequate supply of water in cases of this kind.