A GREAT BLAZE.
HEAVY DAMAGE DONE
I'russ Association—Electric Telegraph— Copyright
(Received Tuesday, 10.10 a.m.)
MELBOURNE, Tuesday,
One of the greatest blazes in the history of Melbourne broke out yesterday afternoon, when a three-storey building, occupied by the Dyson Company, wholesale stationers, in Collins street, near King street, was completely burnt ont.
The flames had secured a good hold when the brigade arrived, and they spread rapidly to the neighbouring Aberdeen Buildings, the top storey of which w r as burnt out.
The brigade finally controlled the fire. Soldiers assisted the brigade in keeping back the crowd.
Tram traffic in Collins street was suspended.
The damage done was very heavy.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 14466, 28 December 1915, Page 5
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109A GREAT BLAZE. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 14466, 28 December 1915, Page 5
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