COLLAPSE UNEXPLAINED
(Received 28th August, 11 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Daj?. The fire was confined to ,the George street section, which is separated from the Pitt street block by a light-well. The damage is estimated. .at s £10*000, and the building is insured for £16,000. The cause of the outbreak is unknown.
The fire authorities are unable to explain the collapse of the ladder, which iras frequently tested and which has often earned four men at its iu.Lt height of eighty feet in practice. The men take their positions and get the hose in position prior to the turning on of the water. It is thought that an unusual pressure of water suddenly caused the ladder to sway so far that the weight of the men broke it. The ladder was1 .constructed of Oregon ashwaod, reinforced with steel bars and wires, and was in five sections, the lowest being fixed to the carriage,' and the remainder sliding from it.
' Brown, who was single, joined the brigade on retnnainer from active service from France. He died in hospital with, out regaining consciousness. ,
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 50, 28 August 1922, Page 7
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180COLLAPSE UNEXPLAINED Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 50, 28 August 1922, Page 7
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