HOTEL FIRE.
WOULD-BE RESCUER FATALLY BURNED. (BT CASUS—PRBSB ASSOCIATION—COMRIGHT) (AUSTRALIAN AND H.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) (Received September 13th, 12.52 a.m.) SYDNEY, September 12; A fire at Rowena destroyed the Rowena Hotel. Two men, George King and Stephen Francis, who were staying the night at the hotel, were awakened by the fire. Francis ran from the hotel, but, finding that King was still inside, returned in a futile endeavour to rescue him. He was badly burned and died in hospital. King's remains were later found in the ruins of the building.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19104, 13 September 1927, Page 9
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