DISASTROUS FIRES
OUTBREAK IN VICTORIA (Received Feb. 11. 1 p.m.) MELBOURNE, Feb. 11. The furniture factory of Wiseman's Ltd., was destroved by lire. The blaze was the most spectacular and menacing tor years. Thousands of tons of masonry crashed into (be narrow streets and through the roofs of adjoining bouses. Two firemen were seriously injured. The damage is estimated at £20.000. A disastrous fire also occurred at Minvip when five shops and their contents and an hotel were gutted, the damage being estimated at £12.000,
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16874, 11 February 1929, Page 8
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