SPECTACULAR FIRE IN SYDNEY
STAMPEDE TO SAFETY SYDNEY, August 22. , A spectacular fire on the eighth floor of Albert Buildings, in the centre of Sydney, resulted in injuries to seven persons and caused hundreds oi workers to stampede to safety. The fire, which is believed to have broken out in a photographic studio, sent columns of black smoke into the air. Large crowds in the streets and on the roof-tops of nearby buildings hampered the work of the firemen. Two men were cut off in a. workroom, and suffered cuts when they, dived through a window into a corridor. Brigades from five stations brought the fire under control within an hour.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 69, Issue 266, 23 August 1949, Page 3
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