FIRE FIGHTER KILLED
CRUSHED BY FALLING WALL,
SEVERAL OTHERS INJURED
j3y Cable—Press Association —Copyright. Australian ami N.Z. Cable -Association. Received July 20. 8.11 P.rn. MELBOURNE, July 20. A fire at the boot factory of S. B Harris, Ltd., in tlie city, causes £6OOO damage. Shortly after the brigade s arrival, a concrete parapet in the building collapsed, falling on three firemen. tp Honess (31 years) was killed instantly, and Albert McHenry and Herbert Gill were injured and sent to hospital. , , Holness is the first member of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade killed while fighting fire in Melbourne. • Two other firemen narrowly escaped the falling wall.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, 21 July 1925, Page 7
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