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Fire Destroys Station Home
Toowoomba, Friday – One man tried in vain to save the fine old homestead on Ellangowan station from being destroyed by fire this afternoon.
The fire, which started about 3 o’clock, completely destroyed the main building and the maids’ quarters, which were in a seperate building, in about half an hour.
It is believed the fire started in a refrigerator.
The owner of the property, Mr. W. Donohoe, and family are holidaying at Redcliffe.
It is reported that the only other person at the station was Mr. Jack Brydon, who tried to put out the flames with buckets of water. In a few minutes, however, the wooden building was blazing like a furnace, and he was driven away by the heat.
He then rang the post office in Layburn, and between 50 and 60 men from the town and district rushed to the scene. When they arrived