GREAT FIRE IN SYDNEY
TALKIES WORTH £50,000 DESTROYED TOTAL DAMAGE £IOO,OOO SYDNEY, Wednesday. A destructive fire today gutted the greater portion of Metcalf’s bond and free stores, on the harbour front. The damage is estimated at upwards of £IOO,OOO. The Fox Film Corporation lost £50,000 worth of cinema film, mostly the latest “talkie” pictures. Other film organisations had smaller losses. Violent explosions occurred when the films caught fire. These made the work of the firemen hazardous. Miscellaneous merchandise was damaged by water. The origin of the fire is a mystery.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 688, 13 June 1929, Page 9
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