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THE FIRE TRAGEDY IN SYDNEY

. BOYS GIVE THEIR'LIVES FOR , THEIR SISTERS. ; (Rec. Juno 26, 10.15 p.m.) Sydney, Juno 26. • Tho inquiry into Himmelferb's fire is I not finished. Tho oWdenco indicated • that tho boys sacrificed their lives in ■ an attempt to eavo their sisters.-Press ' [V firo gutted Hiinnielferb's second- ! hand clothing shop in Sussex Street. : Tho proprietor's four children, wno - wcro sleeping upstairs, woro suffocated. r Tho mother jumped from a window, ; and is in hospital.. The ngeß of tho - children ranged from seven years ,to twenty-ono. 'When the out- • break was discovered, the father went ; to warn the neighbours, leaving tho family on the ground floor. They apparently returned- upstairs to secure I their money. After tho firo tho sum r of J!2COO, including .£SOO in gold and r ,£719 in silver, was found hidden in . various parts of tho building. Tho do- ,■ bris is still yielding much silver coma"o, which rained on tno firemen as r. they worked. At the outbreak of .the '■. war Himmclferb withdrew his savings f from the bank, fearing for their safety, „ and hoarded them under the floorboards, insido tho mattresses, and in other cunj' ous places.!

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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 239, 27 June 1918, Page 5

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THE FIRE TRAGEDY IN SYDNEY Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 239, 27 June 1918, Page 5

THE FIRE TRAGEDY IN SYDNEY Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 239, 27 June 1918, Page 5

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