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Advertising : 50 wordsA 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 wordsWarm 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 wordsThe 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 ...
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Advertising : 113 wordsThe 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 wordsViews 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 wordsThe 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 wordsA 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 wordsAbout 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 wordsFor 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 wordsThe 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 wordsPractically the whole of the firemen— numbering 14 from the suburbs, and 33 , from Adelaide headquarters—now concentrated in Bentham street. More than ...
Article : 270 wordsDespite 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 wordsThroughout 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 wordsRe 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 wordsThe 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 wordsThe 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 wordsIn 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 wordsLuckily the records, ledgers, and so on, of the Union Company remained practically [?]. It is understood, however, that some damage was done to the ...
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The Journal (Adelaide, SA : 1912 - 1923), Wed 21 Feb 1923, Page 1
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