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Pathe Animated Gazette: Fire Breaks Out at Hornsby, Sydney (c.1908)

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Fire at Hornsby

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Clip description

People look at the burnt out shell of a building in Hornsby as the camera pans across the damage.

Curator’s notes

The title card introducing this newsreel item contains the newspaper headline ‘No fire brigade available’ which suggests the destruction may have been preventable had the emergency services arrived on time.