Aftermath of Moore's Department store fire [PRG 1644/7/1-24] • Photograph
Fire damaged building.
A fireman on an extension ladder pours water onto the roof of the destroyed building.
Fire damaged building.
Warped and twisted metal inside gutted building.
Fire damaged building.
Ground floor interior of Moore's store.
Fire damaged building.
Charred remains of items on the first floor of Moore's store.
Fire damaged building.
Firemen direct water onto beams inside the destroyed store.
Fire damaged building.
A fireman directs water onto smouldering remains of first floor fittings.
Fire damaged building.
Aerial photograph.
Fire damaged building.
Aerial photograph.
Fire damaged building.
Aerial photograph.
Fire damaged building.
Aerial photograph.
Fire damaged building.
Aerial photograph.
Fire damaged building.
Aerial photograph.
Fire damaged building.
Aerial photograph.
Fire damaged building.
Aerial photograph.
Fire damaged building.
Aerial photograph.
Fire damaged building.
Exposed girders and burnt floorboards in Moore's store.
Sprinkler and fire alarm system.
Debris in sprinkler system area.
Sprinkler and fire alarm system.
'Connell Automatic Sprinkler & Fire Alarm System'
Sprinkler system pipe.
Sprinkler system pipes and wooden boards.
Sprinkler system pipe.
Close-up of sprinkler system pipe.
Sifting through the ashes.
Three men sift through charred remains at Moore's store.
Pouring concrete.
A man in a suit stands on a board to pour concrete on the roof of Moore's in November 1948. Another man in a suit and four labourers watch on.
Pouring concrete.
A man in a suit stands on a board to pour concrete on the roof of Moore's in November 1948. Two other men in suits and two labourers watch on.
Carpenters at work at Moore's.
Carpenters saw and lay floorboards in the burnt out shell of Moore's store.