BIG BLAZE IN MELBOURNE
DAMAGE £400,000 (United Press Association—By Electric t Telegraph—Copyright) (Received 22nd July, 10 a.m.) MELBOURNE, This Day. The most spectacular and destructive fire which has occurred in the city since the Town Hall fire in 1925. swept through the premises of Payne’s Boil Marche, Bounce street. , The flames spread to adjoining premises, including a furniture warehouse owned by Paterson’s Limited, three floors of which weic badly damaged. . Payne’s was completely gutted. A Tiundred firemen fought the flames for hours.
There were thousands of spectators. The damage is estimated at £400,000. The cause of the outbreak is unknown
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 22 July 1929, Page 5
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