The flames quickly spread, and the work of the firemen was considerably hampered by the dense volumes of smoke which poured into the various rooms. The attempts to check the fire from the inside of the building were attended with enormous risk, not only on account of the immens= heat, bu' owing to the falling of the ceilings It was during the collapse of one of the floors that Mr, A. R. Moo: wan injured. He, with several other firemen, were at work in our of the rooms, when he was. struck by a falling' beam, and injured 5 about the neck and spine. The injuries were extremely painful, and Mr. Moores was taken to the General Fospit he was sent to the Victoria Nu Home for treatment.
Fortunately, there was no panic on the part of the inmates of the house, which war, let out in flats. Upon the alarm being raised, ther hurriedly dressed and endeavoured to save much of their property as possible, but the rapidity with which the flames spread left little time for much to be taken out. As consequence, a considerable amount of property was destroyed, scarcely anybody rescuing their belongings. The fire raged fiercely for three hours, by which time the upper portion of the building was completely gutted. The ground, first. and second floors were damaged by water, the efforts of the brigade in confining the flames to the upstairs premises meeting with succors. The firemen were kent the premises all through the day, playing water on the burning mass, it was not until well into the evening that they left.
The loss is estimated at something like Tls. 100.000. The insurance on the buildings and contents amount to shout Tle. °¢0,099,
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