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FIRE AT THE IMPERIAL BANK
[Welland Telegraph, 6 February 1891]
The Imperial Bank narrowly escaped destruction by fire on Wednesday evening. Some of the clerks who were working in the building discovered smoke coming from the wainscoting in the manager’s room, and an investigation discovered that fire was smouldering beneath the floor. Mr. P. McMurray was sent for, who after cutting several holes in the floor was able to extinguish the fire. The origin of the fire was from a grate in the room, the floor of which was merely a slab of inch marble resting on the joist, and the intense heat had ignited the wood underneath, and when discovered a 2×10 joist had been burned through. The damage is covered by insurance. Peter worked like a hero in locating and extinguishing the fire, and came out of the fight bearing marks of heavy warfare. If the discovery had not been made just at the time it was, the result might have been disastrous.
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