Firemen
Eastern Hill Fire Station
A black and white postcard published by Robert Jolley, Melbourne. It is postmarked Hamilton 14 November 1906, but is earlier as from 1905 all postcards were printed with a vertical line down the centre, allowing for a message on one side and the address on the other. This postcard has no vertical line.
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Firefighter's funeral 1968
On the 2 March 1968 a grass fire broke out in Alphington, near Melbourne. Two fireman, Sub-Station Officer Gordon Bruce Adams, and Senior Fireman Eric Jamieson, suffered severe burns. Both later died in hospital. Jamieson on 3 March and Adams on 23 March.
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