WEALTH RECOVERED AFTER FIRE
Coins and Banknotes Found in Debris HOARD TAKEN TO BANK IN BUCKETS By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright (Received November 1, 5.55 p.m.) Sydney, November 1. Firemen raking over the debris of a mixed store at Leichhardt which today was gutted by fire discovered a huge quantity of gold, silver and copper coins and partly burned banknotes representing 35 years’ savings of Mr. James Hunt, who carried on business there. The police also discovered a large quantity of valuable jewellery which, like the coins, had been secreted in seats, chairs and other hiding places. The wealth was conveyed by the police to a bank in buckets. The police rr overed 340 sovereigns which are now worth about £6BO.
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Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 33, 2 November 1934, Page 11
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119WEALTH RECOVERED AFTER FIRE Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 33, 2 November 1934, Page 11
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