BIG FIRESMELBOURNE
GRANDSTAND DESTROYED. By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright (Rec. September 23, 0.20 a.m.) Melbourne,, September 22. A. firo broke out in tho main grandstand on the Showground, on which there were a thousand people, who were quickly cleared. Before the firo brigade, which was fivo miles distant, , arrived tlie fire had spread to the Exhibition portion. There was great excitement among the largo crowd*. There was a poor water supply, and the fire was not suppressed until eighteen structures, including the Industrial Pavilion, and great quantities of valuable exhibits, besides tho grand* stand costing £7000, were destroyed.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2262, 23 September 1914, Page 7
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96BIG FIRESMELBOURNE Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2262, 23 September 1914, Page 7
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