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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 16, 1910
Page
3
A fire swept through a Fremantle shop and hotel area killing a young worker who leaped from a second floor balcony to escape. The blaze started after a performance went awry, trapping 46 to 56 workers and causing chaos as smoke filled the building.
A fire at a Sydney factory broke out minutes before 10 as workers and bystanders watched an 8 year old girl jump from a debris float to escape the blaze. Fire crews from Gre brigade arrived and, aided by buckets, battled flames that grew rapidly before being contained.
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