London, June 27
What is believed to be the biggest fire in the city of London since 1897 occurred in the Barbican last evening.
The flames involved a mantle manufacturers, 2 wholesale jewellers office and a milliners establishment. They then leapt across narrow New Zealand Avenue to a furnishers warehou:
Numerous women of the Aus Fire Service Workers, anxious to gain the experience of a really big blaze, er.thusiastically sted scores of regular fire engine Firemen, crawling like flies on the Gizzy heights surrounding the buildings, directed water on the furnace below until the streets streamed with it to a depth of six inches.
The fire occurred after normal busi ness hours, when the buildings were mostly empty, but there were many dramatic escapes. Total casualties were four persons injured,—Reuter.
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