Hamilton Hotel Fire
Production date
03 Apr 1922
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Looking about north showing the wreckage fter the fire which took three lives. Part of the building is still standing beyond which is the Theatre Royal. Sapper Moore Jones Place is named for the 1st world war artist and (at the time of the fire) art teacher at Hamilton High School who went back into the burning building to help others get out to safety. He died that day from burns
Accession number
HCL_02626
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