PANIC AT FIRE

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 19 June 1937, Page 7

PANIC AT FIRE

SIDNEY BUILDINg ANp §¥PJJEY, lf)& dHR!r A panic, stated firempp to be the y’orsf they had expgfjppped in Sydney, was caused’hy a fife in pampp Chambers, Eitt ?trepf, ’ the’ gthgf evpffffig. Terrifipd hy the fiarkfipgs apd degse volumes of chokigg' sgipke, papicsfripkpn chflflren, hs4 attending' dancing lessons, ciung tp |h e firerppß as they eptered thp huilding and y/qu}h nqt lp{ th.P 11 ! gR- Spyefal fyorpep apji gifts werp in a jftt|e h'ptter sfate. thp fajlutfe’ of' tlip bahts hsvips added to their alarm. All, howeypf, fecoyered yvhen thpy wefe fakpp into the ffes}i aif. Thp fife brojfe gut shqrfty h? f 9Ffl 5 giclock in the maig swjtchboafh, yyjfjch. is og ’the gfognit' fIP9F> wifiptf cgntfgls fhe elpctfjc light apd Pfizer thrgughggt the hlimifig E|pps ( e §pifl|ce was givep gff ffpm thp hßrgjfig rghh er insulaticn. x

RUSH FOR STAIRWAY On the second floor of the building about a dozen children were taking lessons in tap dancing at thp studio of Mr Ueville feome {hem were very young and were accompanied hy dozen girls algp ip a tailor’s establishment gn the fgUfth |}R or > and there werp ptnef y/gmph, age} sogie fRPP> in othpr odieps in thp htjiistjßg. all of thpm gri thp upper "‘When t’he’iight& failed,'th.?FP WS? a wild rush for the main "stairway,' h u t because o’f Rip darkness'and'the smpjte, most of those who attempted to descend it lost their way or were fofee’d "to apandqn the attempt. Women and chitdfpn wqre soon scfpaming. The r)eppty-ch}gf flfflper, }&r spnt firgjfmP HR {bp stair?. >?h e glarp gf thpjr iofphps shpyiefi pjtfaOf'dihafy s.cpnps'. .’Gfiffitfis, ’the ’first man up, w§g Fh?h, e R by sobbing children, who seized his hands, and even his qlpthipg, and clung so fiercely that they could not have been b?jPI b uc f: ' SOME WOMEN COLLAPSE The firemen ran from floor to floor, some of them with children in their arms, shouting out’that there >yas no need for panic. They found women spfpaming fpf fheif children, many of th'pfh jn a state of colfapsp. flp Mr Bearp’s'ihstrhc'tighs, alj t'hs WRPiBR gpd pjffl w%‘ PPbJ.4 l?,e f°w4 #- PR <s*f tmßHpf} a fire espppp dqpr «n to the stpgply sjopfng roof, wJWP they prgpphed, in steady rain, gulPißg in ffesp ajf. Thg smokp cipafpd ip ahput 18 MfWteS 994 'k\\ me apie to dps-, gepflThp ch]}«|R e R fepovefpd quipjcly frqm theff ff ighi gpd Vgre pypfppiTie w]th excitepfeßt hR4 SFdF'ficatiqn when the firempn cijrfied them dpwnstajrs. Sqtpe g| tfig y'pinep sqffprpd sefiqusly frpm ptfoplf. T h? 43fRegp w a ? copfjnpd tp tha §^}f p nhPRF4-