THREE BIG FIRES.

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 267, 8 November 1923, Page 12

THREE BIG FIRES.

DAMAGE £250,000. EIGHT FIREMEN INJURED. SYDXKY'S TOLL. (From Our Own Correspondent.) SYDNEY. November 2. Three lug Ifn's havp occurred in tin" ■ lieart of Sydney within the piwt week, .resulting in damnge ti> tlie extent of ;i quarter of a million pounds. Tin- places involved were John Dunks and Sons, hardware mere-hunts, whoso ;iva.relumso v:i ß guttod and rlnnmge done to tlic fixtont of £100.0011; 0. K. Elliott's, .Ltd.. fnraitnre wnrcliounp. completely destroyed, damage £100,1100; and i>r<- ;- inisps at :?77. Sussex Street, destroyed, damage £50,000. Tho Danks fire was one of (lie most alarniiug «>ntbre»iks in the city for many years. Six firemen were injured durhiji! Hio struggle with the flumes, two of! whom were taken to hospital. One fireman, following an explosion, was blown I down a flight of stairs, and was rescued j in a danjreroiiH position when on the verge of collapse. In the Klliott's firo, two firemen were electrocuted. One of them stood on a live wire which had fallen into a ;.00l of Mater. In attempting to rescue him the | deputy chief ollicer, who was in charge of the fire-lighting operations, also came into contact with the current, liotli men \> ere conveyed to hospital in an 'inconsi.'ious condition. Xeither the stock nor the warehouse, which was the property of Elliott's, was covered by insurances. An" extraordinary event is associated with one of the , Elliott family. Fsito decreed that 'Mr. Stan. Elliott, a bride■rroom of Saturday, should commence his ' honeymoon woVk'ih'g in the grime of the Mackened ruin's of his father's furniture | factory. He had just seen his own. his father's, ajid his brothers fortune go up ;in smoke. And there was no insurance. "Yes, we were to have left for Melliourne the night following the lire." said Iff. Elliott. "We were to see the ' Gup run, and then spend the rest of our honeymoon in the country. Of course it's all .'off' for the time being. But . we'll have that honeymoon vet." said Hr. Elliott.