BIG BLAZE IN SYDNEY
DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT £60,000. Received Monday, 2 a.m. SYDNEY, Mar. 3. A fire on Saturday on the top floors of Ultimo House in tho city caused damage estimated at £60,000.. Bko blaze started in the Simmons printery on the top floor and spread to a wool broker’s section, where £BOOO worth of wool was burned. The building is owned by Mr Hubert Solomon, who is at present visiting New Zealand. Some of the firemen were slightly burned by molten lead falling from linotype supplies in the blazing printery.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6850, 4 March 1929, Page 7
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92BIG BLAZE IN SYDNEY Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6850, 4 March 1929, Page 7
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