Leech Cup Books: 2 books
Let the Bums Burn
Australia's Deadliest Building Fire and the Salvation Army Tragedies
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2015
In 1966 a fire ripped through Melbourne's William Booth Memorial Home for destitute and alcoholic men. Although it remains Australia's deadliest building fire, it is, like the 30 men who died in that fire - forgotten. This shocking narrative describes the inferno's origin and progression, the slowly...
by Australia. Department of Defence, Army History Unit, Geoff Plunkett
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
In 1943 a top secret consignment of chemical weapons, including deadly mustard gas, arrived in Australia by ship. But there was a problem - it was leaking. Military authorities quickly realised this but, in the interests of secrecy, sent unprotected and unsuspecting wharf labourers into a lethal environment....