£100,000 Damage.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10, 12 January 1914, Page 5

£IOO,OOO Damage.

A DISASTROUS F IRE,

DESTROYS SIDE OF STREET. [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] tUnited Press Association. I (Received 9.25 a.m.) Sydney, January 12. A lire wiped out one side of the main street of Ganmain, destroying eight business premises.

DAMAGE £IOO,OOO.

FIREMEN’S EXCITING TIME.

(Deceived 9.10 a.m.) Melbourne, January 12,

Another estimate of the fire’s damiage is £IOO,OOO. Besides the Coliseum, which covered an area of 100 ft. by 300 ft., the Town Hall, three shops, and a dwelling were burned or destroyed by the falling debris. The brigade’s splendid efforts prevented a disastrous spread.

Several firemen had a narrow escape from falling walls, three of which collapsed owing to the fierce heat. Three hundred employees have been added to the unemployed. Mr Dunlop, the well-known representative player, one of the proprietors of the Coliseum, had completed plans to depart for England on Tuesday to play in the Davis Cup, hut his departure will probably bo delayed.