FIRES IN SYDNEY
EARLY MORNING OUTBREAKS. HEAVY LOSSES INVOLVED. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. SYDNEY, January 27. Two early morning fires in Messrs Grace Bros.’ furniture factory in Parramatta road, and Lassetter’s large store in York street started almost simultaneously. Both are still ablaze. The brigades are overtaxed. The damage threatens to be very serious. A later message states that both fires were subdued in Lassetter’s buildings. The highest three of the five floors, which wore heavily stocked with machinery, were gutted. The damage on account of fire and water will be very heavy. In Messrs Grace Bros.’ building the two top floors were gutted and the stocks of furniture were destroyed or damaged. The total losses will run into big figures.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18465, 28 January 1922, Page 10
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120FIRES IN SYDNEY Otago Daily Times, Issue 18465, 28 January 1922, Page 10
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