BIG FIRE IN HOBART.
SINISTER HAPPENINGS. HYDRANTS TAMPERED WITH. United Piass Assn. —Elec. Tel. —Copyright. (Received March 10, 10.15 a.m.) HOBART, March 10. A serious fire in Messrs Lewis and Company’s three-storey building causeA damage estimated at £ 10,000. A sinister feature in connection with the outnreak was that when Ihe firemen attempted to use the hydrants in the building they were found io he turned off, and fire-proof steel doors were wide .open, allowing the draught to fan the flames.
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Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17965, 10 March 1930, Page 7
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