All that is left of five houses in Orua street, Eastbourne, opposite the Recreation Ground, where a disastrous fire occurred early on Tuesday morning causing damage exceeding £6000. Without any water facilities, the Eastbourne Fire Brigade was unable to do much to stop the flames, which, fanned by a strong northerly wind, spread rapidly from house to house until all were totally destroyed.
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 55, 13 September 1928, Page 11
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63All that is left of five houses in Orua street, Eastbourne, opposite the Recreation Ground, where a disastrous fire occurred early on Tuesday morning causing damage exceeding £6000. Without any water facilities, the Eastbourne Fire Brigade was unable to do much to stop the flames, which, fanned by a strong northerly wind, spread rapidly from house to house until all were totally destroyed. Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 55, 13 September 1928, Page 11
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