Let the Bums Burn : Australia's Deadliest Building Fire and the Salvation Army Tragedies PDF
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Geoff Plunkett Let Th e Bums Burn Let the Bums Burn Australia’s deadliest building ire and the Salvation Army tragedies Other Books By Geof Plunkett Chemical Warfare in Australia Death by Mustard Gas Let the Bums Burn Geof Plunkett Published by LEECH CUP BOOKS Berowra Heights, Sydney, Australia http://www.deadliestire.info Printed by Lightning Source Edited by Cathy Johnstone Design and Typsetting by Geof Plunkett Set in Minion Pro (text) & Adobe Garamond Pro (titles) National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry Author: Plunkett, Geof, author. Title: Let the bums burn : australia’s deadliest building ire and the salvation army tragedies / Geof Plunkett. ISBN: 9780987427939 (paperback). Notes: Includes index. Subjects: 1. Salvation Army--Australia--History. 2. Disasters--Australia--History. 3. Accidents--Australia--History. 4. Public buildings--Fires and ire prevention--Australia. 5. Fires--Casualties--Australia--Statistics. 6. Fires--Australia--History. 7. Fires--Australia--Case studies. 8. Fires--Australia--Statistics. 9. Fires--Safety measures. 10. Fire investigation--Australia. 11. Fire prevention--Australia. 12. Fire sprinklers--Australia. Dewey: 363.340994 Dedication To All hose Involved he William Booth Memorial Home After he Fire Coroner’s Report vi he People’s Palace, Adelaide Salvation Army vii Casualties in the Central Hallway of the William Booth Memorial Home. Two Police ‘Roundsmen’, Reporters based in the Press-Room next to the Russell Street Police Headquarters, are visible in the rear. Ken Hickey (Glasses) and Noel Harley (Notepad). Salvation Army viii Table of Contents Quotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .x Poem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xii Roll Call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi Chapter 1 – he William Booth Memorial Home. . . . .1 Chapter 2 – he People’s Palace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 Chapter 3 – he Case for Sprinklers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Appendix 1 – Australian Building Fires Since 1966. . 73 Appendix 2 – Deadliest US Fires By Decade . . . . . . . .74 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76 Endnotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 List of Photographs and Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88 ix
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