SERIOUS FIRE
OIL & PAINT WAREHOUSE IN SYDNEY HEAVY & DANGEROUS TASK FOR BRIGADES. MEN OVERCOME BY SMOKE. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received This Day, 9.5 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. A fire last night among the oil and paint stocks of G. E. Crane and Son’s warehouse, adjacent to Circular Quay, caused a heavy blanket of smoke in all parts of the city, penetrated tall buildings in the danger zone and gave nearly a hundred firemen a worrying time. Several were overcome by smoke. The fire originated in a basement, which had to be flooded with water from dozens of hoses.’ Several firemen,, wearing smoke helmets, had to swim through the water to reach safety.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 September 1939, Page 9
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112SERIOUS FIRE Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 September 1939, Page 9
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