WAREHOUSE BLAZE
GREAT FIRE IN MELBOURNE'" FIREMEN HINDERED BY. CROWDS.. . (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPiKICBT.Jf : (Received sth June, 9 a.m.). MELBOURNE, This Day. The' most disastrous fii'e in fhe historj} of Flinders lane destroyed .a building occupied by several firms of warehouse-, men and importers. As the lane, which,', is in the very -heart of the warehouse centre, is very nariw, and'the area" coni' gested. with large buildings containing valuable and inflammable: stocks, :the firemen had a difficult task to get the outbreak under control. The damage is estimated at 'between £45,000 and £50.-000. The premises were recently bought by .N. Spencer, draper, at Burke street. . :" '. Large crowds quickly gathered, and hampered the efforts of. the brigade, till police reinforcements arrived. .-.-'"" '.
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 130, 5 June 1925, Page 7
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WAREHOUSE BLAZE
Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 130, 5 June 1925, Page 7
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