FIRES.
A DISASTER Al LRiSBANE. A BLUEJACKET KILLED. Brisbane, April 30. A ne.v four-storied building in Edward and Mary streets, occupied by the Queensland Agency as a wholesale dry goods store, was destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at £-1(5,000, and is covered by insurance. A number of man-o’-warsmen from th* gunboat Gayundah were standing on tho roof of an adjoining building assisting the brigade, when a part oi the wall fell on them. Walter Oldham was killed and Alexander Smith injured.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 116, 1 May 1912, Page 3
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