DANCERS TRAPPED
IN BURNING CABARET A SYDNEY INCIDENT (United Frui Association— By Uaotris T«latraph-Oopyrifht> (Received 30th July, 9.30 a.m.) . SYDNEY, This Day. Three hundred dancers were trapped for nearly an hour last night when a fire partially destroyed one of the city's most luxurious pleasure places, the Ambassador Cabaret. The fusing of electric switches in a shoe store next door caused a blaze which was soon trying the best efforts of the firemen. In the dance hall women fainted, being nearly suffocated by the thick smoke. Scarcely had. the Ambassador's been emptied than the dome, crashed in. Amazing scenes were .witnessed in the streets. Men carried out overwrought women. The damage is estimated at £IOO,OOO, and the block, which is the most > valuable in Sydney, was at one time threatened. • '
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 30 July 1929, Page 5
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130DANCERS TRAPPED Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 30 July 1929, Page 5
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