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  2. Advertising

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  3. TREMENDOUS CITY CONFLAGRATION

    A cyclist passing along Franklin street at about 5 a.m. on Wednesday saw the huge, prosperous establishments of Duncan's Motors, Limited, Duncan & Fraser's, Limited, and the Farmers’ Co-operative Union, standing intact, just as the employees had left them on the previous evening. A few hours later crumbled and broken walls, and about an acre of charred, and smoking ruins was practically all that marked the spot where they had been. Starting in the workshop’s of Ducan’s Motors, Limited a fire spread and assumed disastrous proportions swept through Duncan & Fraser’s premises, and wiped out half of the block of buildings occupied by the Farmer’s Union. Every freeman and appliance in the metropolitan ...

    Article : 588 words
  4. STOP PRESS EDITION

    Warm to hot and sultry. East to north-east winds. Some isolated [?] showers developing. To-day’s Temperature — Sun, 166.0; [?], 105.0 FRENCH OFFICER BRAINED, ...

    Article : 527 words
  5. AWE-INSPIRING SCENE.

    The nerve-tensing jungle of the fire-bells as motor fire appliances tore to the scene from all directions was mingled with the awe-inspiring roar and clatter of ...

    Article : 187 words
  6. Advertising

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    Advertising : 113 words
  7. STARTLING DEVELOPMENT.

    The spectacle was such as has seldom if ever been seen in Adelaide before. Every available fireman in the metropolitan area threw his heart and soul, and ...

    Article : 125 words
  8. THIS MORNING'S BIG FIRE.

    Views of the fire which gutted the premises of Duncan &, Fraser, Limited, and Duncan Motors, Limited, and did considerable damage to the building of the South Australian Co-operative Farmer's Union Limited. Our complete shows :— The poll of smoke over the city ( View taken from high clevation in Way mouth street. 2. Front view of [?] & Fraser’s 3. [?] being played upon the fire. 4. Fire men combating the flames in portion of the Farmers’ Union premises. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 81 words
  9. FARMERS’ UNION BUILDING ALIGHT.

    The fire had eaten its way into the hardware department of the Farmer’s Cooperative Union Building in Bentham street ( between Franklin and Waymouth ...

    Article : 166 words
  10. TERRIFIC EXPLOSION.

    A loud explosion in the early hours of the morning drew many persons—even those residing in the foothills—to their windows and verandas, and from every ...

    Article : 227 words
  11. ARRIVAL OF EMPLOYEES.

    About half an hour after the fire had started the streets and approaches to the vicinity were thronged with sightseers attired in all manner of raiment, and ...

    Article : 173 words
  12. SPREADING RAPIDLY.

    For the conflagration to spread from the motor works, through the old building in Bentham street, occupied by the Farmer’s Union, and on to the new block ...

    Article : 183 words
  13. THE FINAL EPISODE.

    The end of the danger came about 8.30 [?] the worn-out fireman had been combating the menace for more than two hours and a half. At 8 o’clock the ...

    Article : 177 words
  14. STRENUOUS TIME IN BENTHAM STREET.

    Practically the whole of the firemen— numbering 14 from the suburbs, and 33 , from Adelaide headquarters—now concentrated in Bentham street. More than ...

    Article : 270 words
  15. DUNCAN & FRASER'S GUTTED.

    Despite the most valiant efforts of the fire fighters, it was impossible to save any part of Duncan’s, Limited, or Duncan and Fraser’s Limited, whose premises soon ...

    Article : 305 words
  16. SPLENDID POLICE CO-OPERATION.

    Throughout the period of the lire the police rendered valuable assistance in keeping tho thousands of spectators well away from the vicinity of the [?], thus ...

    Article : 446 words
  17. DESOLATION!

    Re visited at noon on Wednesday—six hours after the outbreak of the fire—the block of buildings affected presented a scene of utter desolation. Barracodes ...

    Article : 154 words
  18. TREMENDOUS HEAT.

    The windows were one by one cracked by the severe heat, and the noise of the splitting and falling glass could be heard from some distance away. At about 7.45 ...

    Article : 111 words
  19. DUNCAN & FRASER'S INSURANCE.

    The Eagle, Star, and British Dominions Insurance Company, Limited, have £19,500 on the buildings of Duncan and Fraser’s £65,000 on stock in trade, and ...

    Article : 40 words
  20. SOME OF THE LOSSES.

    In Duncan's and Duncan & Fraser’s Limited, there were about 200 valuable motor cars, comprising about 150 Fords and 40 [?]. Only two Fords were ...

    Article : 154 words
  21. DAMAGED BY WATER.

    Luckily the records, ledgers, and so on, of the Union Company remained practically [?]. It is understood, however, that some damage was done to the ...

    Article : 118 words
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