FIRE FIGHTERS PERILOUS TASK.
THE BIG BLAZE AT PRAIIRAX. By Telegraph—ProM Assoeiatlsn-Oopjrtjtt Melbourne, January 12. Another estimate of tho dnmngo caused by the firo which totally destroyed Treadway's largo drapery emporium, known as tho Coliseum, at Prohran, and badly damaged tho now Town Hall and tliteo shops, places tho loss at £100,000. Besides tho Coliseum, which covered an area of 100 by 300 feet, tho Town Hall, three shops, and n dwelling wero burned or destroyed by falling debris. The- brigades' splendid efforts prevented a disastrous spread. Several firemen had narrow escapes from injury by falling walls, Three of tho men collapsed owing to the fierce heat. ./ Three lnmdred employees aro;-mado idle by tho firo.
Mr. Dunlop, the < well-known lawu tenuis player, and ono of tho proprietors of tho Coliseum, had ormipletod his plans to loftvo for England on Tuesday to plav ift tho Davis Cup matches. ... His dopnrtnm will probably bo delayed. .
OUTBREAK IN N.S.W, TOWN, j. HALF A STREET WIPED "■ Sydney, vLnnmry 12. KA firo wiped out oiio sido of tho main street, of flnnmnin, destroying eight '.btisiuess promises, ■ . '
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1956, 13 January 1914, Page 7
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181FIRE FIGHTERS PERILOUS TASK. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1956, 13 January 1914, Page 7
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