PIPE AT MESSES. CAMPBELL AND EHRENFRIED’S MALTHOUSE.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XIV, Issue 815, 19 October 1905, Page 23

PIPE AT MESSES. CAMPBELL AND EHRENFRIED’S MALTHOUSE.

A fire that did a large amount of damage to a stock of malt and barley occurred at Messrs. Campbell and Ehrenfried’s malthouse in Khyber Pass Road last Friday night. The fire was discovered at about ten minutes to eleven, and the Parnell and Newmarket brigades were promptly on the scene. The kiln in which the fire originated, known as the No. 1 kiln, and malthouse, contained some 1200 sacks of malt and 1500 sacks of barley, the whole of which . has been destroyed by fire and water, whilst the malthouse sustained considerable damage. The value of the malt and barley is estimated at about £2OOO, and the damage to the kiln at £lOOO. How the fire started is a mystery, as all the appliances are thoroughly up to date, and the furnaces were recently overhauled. The maltster (Mr. Morton) left the brewery at ten o’clock, and all was safe then. The fire seems to have originated at the top of the kiln, although how it could have obtained a hold there is not known. With the aid of a good supply of water the Newmarket brigade soon had the fire under control, so that the Parnell brigade had not much to do when they arrived, and soon retired.