Ka Nupepa Elele, Volume XII, Number 30, 7 March 1891 — FIRES. [ARTICLE]

FIRES.

The HiilUlin in its j»Bne of th«sstb said, "the ineTitablo serien has pcctjrred." Ti«' fact hwe »re alwayB »xpecting Komething excepl fires, butthey will euine, and its often tlie case we have a series of them when they do eomo last i»ay the series run into hevcu. The first of the last three oct>urred nt ihe residence of Mr. Jno. F. Bowler on King street, by a child pl;iying with matches amonget hay alongside of the barn, when a son of the Fire Marshal was passing and put it oui witfi Httle trouble, from tbe mere fact that the building M r as washed with a chymical preparātibn, whieh Mf. Bowler -elaima as a' fire preventative, and h« has strong grounds for making such elaim as his building was not damaged in the least, simply blackenetl by the fire, had i.fc not been for this wise precaution, not only would his whole buildings gone, but those along side woulel haye gone also.