FIRE AT FOXTON.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 25, 27 December 1932, Page 6

FIRE AT FOXTON.

CONFECTIONER’S LOSS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) FOXTON, Deo. 27. Fire broke out in the storeroom of Mr J. Walls’s shop in Main Street, Foxton, shortly after 3 a:m. on Christmas Day, resulting in the loss of practically the whole of the owner’s equipment, comprising a large amount of crockery. The cause of the outbreak is a mystery. The alarm was given at 3.15 a.m. when Dames were seen issuing from the shed, which is located immediately behind the Moutoa Buildings, the scene of a recent conQagration. The brigado, avhich is stationed within one hundred yards of tho scene, turned out promptly, but it was some time before a good pressure of water could be obtained owing to a blockage in the pipe or main. The Dames wore ultimately suppressed, but not before the storeroom had been gutted and the crockery and plant destroyed. Five tons of coal used in the bakehouse, and stored in an adjoining shed, also caugiit alight, but this was put out by the brigade. A lorry housed nearby was run out and escaped the Dames. Fortunately a car usually housed in the shed was away that night. Mr Walls’s loss is considerable, as lie did not have his property covered by insurance. GRASS FIRE. Fjre broke out in, the long grass alongside the railway line opposite the racecourse at the north end of Foxton during Saturday afternoon and rapidly spread to some fibre paddocks adjoining, where a considerable quantity of iibre belonging to Messrs Ross, Rough and Co., was bleaching. Fortunately, however, beaters managed to check the spread before it reached the Dbre and thus saved the Drill a considerable loss. This is the third grass Dre that has occurred during the pnst few days in Foxton, where the position is becoming serious owing to the prolonged dry spell. HOUSE DESTROYED AT BUNNYTHORPB. While the family were busy milking, a house on Robert’s Line, Bunnythorpe, owned and occupied by Mr J. T. Hill, was destroyed by fire yesterday atfemoon. Very little of the contents was saved. The origin of the outbreak is not known, but those who saw the commencement of the fire say that, it seemed to be located in the roof. <