MELBOURNE FIRE
t 'BRIGADE OFFICER'S DEATH :: . (Received May 13, 2 p.m.) ; MELBOURNE, This Day. " One of the four firemen'who were buried under; bricks from a fallen wall during the furniture factory fire, William McCurdy, aged 65, who was the officer in charge of the.Richmond Fire Brigade, has died from \the injuries he received. ■Weighing eleven tons, a giant catapult built in Hollywood for use in a motion picture depicting the Crusades is claimed to be the largest single! movie "prop" in the world. The engine closely resembles those actually used in ancient sieges, to hurl rocks weighing up.to 18001b against fortifications.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 111, 13 May 1935, Page 10
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101MELBOURNE FIRE Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 111, 13 May 1935, Page 10
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