| NARROW ESCAPE—On Friday evening, between eight and nine o'clock, Mr. J. Ireson, carpenter, was at work in his shop, and, having occasion to leave the room for a few minutes, placed his lamp on a machine, not noticing some boards a few feet above the lamp. On his return he found the boards had ignited. He at once procured assistance, and Mr. D. Partridge was just in time in dashing a pail of water on the boards, just as they burst into flames. Thus was quenched what, in a very few minutes, would have been a serious conflagration. There was a considerable quantity of deal boards in the shop, in addition to other inflammable material. The premises are adjoined by thatched houses, and if these had caught the result might have been disastrous. |
