FATAL FIRE IN-SYDNEY

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 235, 22 June 1918, Page 8

FATAL FIRE IN-SYDNEY

!•■•. FOTIB CHILDEEN SUFFOCATED. ; . ' , L ' Sydney, June'2l. i A ire gutted a second-hand clothing ; Shop in Susses Street. The proprietor , * ; tour onlldren. who were sleeping un- ; <■ stairs, were suffocated. The mother j ■ Jumped from a window, and is in hosni- : tal.—Press 'Assn. . I' MGB^HISLf iBDBD I (R«c. June 21, 10.45 p.m.) ' ■ _ Sydney, June 21 ; The ages of the Himmelferb children . the victims of the fire in Sussex Street, ; ranged from seven years to twenty-one. When the outbreak was discovered the ! lather went tij warn Iho neighbours : •leaving the family on the ground floor. ; - ■• J. hey apparently returned upstaiip to : secure their money. Alter the fire the ; sum of including .£SOO in gold and ! JtilQ in silver, M-as found hidden in - various parts of the building. The dei brvs is still yielding much silver coin- ■ age, which rained on the firemen as : they worked. At the outbreak of the ! war Himmelferb withdrew his savingsI • from the 'bank, fearing for its safety, I pnd hoarded it under the floorboard, in- ; side the mattresses, and in other curi--1 ous places—Press Assn.