SYDNEY WOOL STORE FIRE
DELIBERATE USE OF KEROSENE x
(Rec. 11.45 pm.) SYDNEY, Sept. 19. A fire was started deliberately last night at the five-storeyed premises of the Australian Wool Brokers’ and Produce Company, Ltd., at Ultimo, where £250,000 worth of wool is stored. The store is. opposite the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency wool store, which was gutted by fire a few weeks ago. Suspecting that a fire-bug is about, the police are watching all wool stores. Last night’s fire had been started by someone setting fire to kerosene which had been poured under a door. Fortunately, a passerby noticed the reflection of the flames, and the fire brigade dealt with the outbreak before much damage was done.
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Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24985, 20 September 1946, Page 7
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