Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 208, 4 June 1891 — THE BRAVE FIREMEN. [ARTICLE]

THE BRAVE FIREMEN.

When thc Kerosene \Varehouse cavight fire the hose eo»npanies were powerloss. they squirted a feeble strt'uni 011 the feiKHi and ruehed m;uUy ?>r uni doing nothing. But after a fire had been burnitig six hours and all attenipts to contro] the flanies had been abAndon<Hl t and ladies and gentlēiuen began to walk out to view the tiames by niglit, tlie liremen eauie out brave and strong. Thev stretched a mue around the building at a - goodiy dist»nce and guards laid vio!ent' hands on anyone who by any ehanee passed beyond the prescrib* ed liinitB. It makee a penlleman'a hlot>d a little wann to ieel the grip of u person aU»iny ti;ne. The fire was rajrn)[r wihin four stone walle surroundtd py l»are ground; no

poesib!e damage could be- dono by letting people approach thft fire ae close as tbeycould without burning their faces. The line war? not put up in the day time; but at night When the ladies turned out the fire brigade, requried an open space for the boys to show up in fine form.

A gentleman riding away out was stopped bv a very drunken member of No. 4 and assaulted and groBBly insulted. It was an outrage of the worst kind \vitiiout excuse or provocation. We regret to say these things about tbe conduct of individual mombers, bvit we are assured tnat no right th*mkine; person ean eomplain of ueserved censure.