FIRES IN AUSTRALIA.
.— » ■ — ■ — ■• • ■ , : £100,000 .DAMAGE.' AT MELBOURNE. (Press Asm.— By" Telegraph— Copyright). MELBOURNE, Dec. 2. The hospital was m grave danger from the fire for some time, but a force of artillery quenched the burning particles as they fell on. the building. At one time the ■window screens of the operating theatre were oh fire: .:.. .• ■ : . An amended estimate states the loss approximately at £100,000. '.-■■■* The Federal Government had no insurance.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11141, 3 December 1907, Page 5
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