BALLANTYNE'S FIRE
TUESDAY 18 NOVEMBER 1947
CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND
During the afternoon of Tuesday the 18th November, 1947 fire broke out in the cellar of J Ballantyne & Co, a department store on the corner of Colombo and Cashel Streets in Christchurch. The fire soon became out of control with the loss of 41 lives.
For further information see the book The Ballantyne Fire Disaster by Gordon G Walker (GG Walker, Christchurch, 1983)
These names are taken from the Register of Inquests, Archives Wellington (Mrs Cody No 1948/1077; others No 1948/1078 recd. 20 Sept 1948.) Thanks to John Wilson for these.
BEALE | Margaret Kathleen | 25 | 13 Nayland Street | Credit Office |
BLAIR | Caroline Sarah | 21 | 27 Retreat Road, Avonside | - |
BRADBURY | Ruth Lillian | 26 | 7 Ashgrove Terrace | Credit Office |
BROWN | Edwin Alexander | - | 17 Elgin Street | Credit Office |
BURR | Dorothea Lillian | - | 122 Colombo Street | Office |
CHALLIS | Jane Kinsman | 20 | 71 Chrystall Street | Display Dept |
CHRISTENSEN | Nellie Elenora Marie | 20 | 27 Chapel Street | Office |
CODY * | Violet May Mrs | 30 | Taylor Crescent, Spreydon | - |
COLES | Shirley Dorne | 20 | 478 Cashel Street | Millinery Department |
DICK | Jean Archibald | - | Hutcheson Street | Millinery Department |
DIVER | Molly Patricia | 23 | 33 Randolph Street, Kaiapoi | Accounts Department |
ELWOOD | Iris Evelyn | 23 | 81 Barbour Street | Millinery Department |
FERRITER | Agnes | - | 862 Colombo Street | Credit Office |
FORDE | Mary Sabina | - | 75 Montreal Street | Credit Office |
GILLARD | Eileen Joyce | - | 273 Armagh Street | Credit Office |
HAMILTON | Clare Aileen | - | - | - |
HAMILTON | Helen Ballantyne | - | 24 Ayr Street | Credit Office |
HAMPSON | Gerald James | - | - | - |
HAMPSON | Marie Elizabeth | - | 35 Sales Street | Credit Office |
HAYMAN | Rosalind | - | 23 Mayfield Avenue | Millinery Department |
HEPBURN | Wilhelmina | 39 | 113 Burke Street | In Charge of Millinery Department |
HUDSON | William John | - | - | Secretary of the Company |
KELLIHER | Mary Teresa | 20 | YWCA | Credit Office |
LAWSON | Willard Alan | Single | 41 Bishop Street | Credit Office |
LLOYD | Judith Marie | 21 | 32 Dormer Street | Credit Office |
LOUGH | John Harold Welsh | 65 | 115 Merivale Lane | Accounts Department |
LOVELL | Colin Frederick | 24 | King Street, Rangiora | Credit Office |
McKIBBIN | William Shaw | 25 | 56 Dyers Pass Road | Audit Department |
McLEAN | Mary Margaret Mrs | - | 1 Carden Street | Clerical Department |
NEWTON | Emma Earl | 57 | 138 Ollivers Road, Linwood | - |
OSVATH | Vilma | 32 | 113 Peverel Street | Millinery Department |
ROGERS | Kelvin John | - | 103 St Albans Street | - |
SERRA | Mary Catherine Muriel | - | 11 Tilford Street | Credit Office |
SMITH | Jessie Sewart | 19 | 148 Peverel Street | Credit Office |
STEWART | Arthur | - | - | - |
STEWART | Mawson | - | - | - |
STREET | Joyce Frances Elizabeth | - | 352 Manchester Street | Retail College |
WARD | Isobel Ann | 23 | 1 Dover Street | Display Dept |
WEBB | Kitty Patricia | 15 | Western Terrace | Millinery Department |
WERE | Bertha Mrs | 22 | 18 Berry Street | Credit Office |
WILBY | Myrtle Joy | 18 | 23 Clive Street | Credit Office |
* Died from injuries received.
KENNEDY | Lois M Miss | 20 | 4 Swanns Road, Richmond | - |
NASH | Nancy Gladys Mrs | 25 | 71 Conway Street, Spreydon | - |
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