FIRES.
SERIOUS OUTBREAK IN SYDNEY PETROL EXPLOSION. Sydney, July 12. A disastrous fire in Chalmers street in the citv destroyed Brown’s Building, the bottom floor of which was used as a motor garage. The upper floors were occupied by Moreton and Company printers and stationers. also the Kurandra Private Hotel Four other buildings adjoining were damaged. Guests in the hotel were hurriedly ordered io leave the building, and had just done so when an adjoining wall fell upon it. Petrol stored in the garage caused a serious explosion. Several motor-cars were destroyed. Tt is estimated that the damage is well over £lOO.OOO,
The chief of the fire brigade states that it was the worst outbreak in Sydney for many months.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, Issue 178, 13 July 1927, Page 5
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