DESTRUCTIVE BLAZE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 670, 22 November 1909, Page 7

DESTRUCTIVE BLAZE.

TIMBER YARD SWEPT BY FLAMES. GREAT LOSS OF PROPERTY. A SCENE 01? WILD EXCITEMENT. (Uy Ttlcirr«DH.-l'rrss Aennclntlnn.-OoprrlrbU Sydney, November 20. A large lumber fire is raging in Saxton and Binn'o mills at Pyrmont, on tho western shoro of Darling 'Harbour. Later. The fire at Pyrmont is now under control. Messrs. Saltan and Dinn's timber yards and mills arc completely demolished.

' Six dwelling-houses, and the premises of a carrying company, have also been destroyed. The damage amounts to. about fifty thousand pounds. ■■' ..'•'■,

(Eec. November. 21, 5.5 p.m.)

, . Sydney, November 21. Messrs. Saxton and Binn's yards covered' an area of eight acres. Of this- v the fire swept four acres, destroying enormous stocks of tim- : ber, estimated at ; seven million feet,.'and a great quantity of valuable machinery) : Mr. Saxton estimates the damage at .£75,000, only .£20,000 being covered by insurance. Between. 400 and 500 employees have been rendered idle. ■■■;' . - ; . A lighter belonging to the'firm was also destroyed. Another, the property of Buckle and Company, caught fire and had to bo scuttled,; and sunk. ;" ■.''■'■ ~ Messrs. Gray Brothers, carriers, had •70 horses, stabled near the outbreak. They were liberated safoly after a scene of ;wild oxcitement. The carts and harness were destroyed. .. The firemen did . good work in; saving property. The fire was one of tlie fiercest'and most rapid seenvin Sydney: It. was a'hard fight,, and the whole force of brigades took part, preventing a much -Wore serious disaster. The whole : block at one time, appeared'to be doomed.'.". ;. . , : ■' ■ •;... - : ;.. •'•-.■.■ Messrs Saxton and Binn's wharf (600 feet) was destroyed.. ~: ■ - ■■■■/'■.■'