Stewart, J. F., & Company, printers and publishers, later Tiki Café, and Lebanese House, 264 Russell Street, Melbourne
Butler, Graeme1985
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Stewart, J. F., & Company, printers and publishers, later Tiki Café, and Lebanese House, 264 Russell Street, Melbourne
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1985
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RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2023:__________________________________________________GRAEME BUTLER 1985 MELBOURNE CENTRAL ACTIVITIES DISTRICT CONSERVATION STUDYBUILDING IDENTIFICATION FORM cites Daryl Jackson Evan Walker Architects Pty. Ltd 1976 for Historic Buildings Preservation Council ; Melbourne: the area bounded by Victoria, Spring, Lonsdale and Swanston Sts (source 77), page 83;_________________________________________Daryl Jackson Evan Walker Architects Pty. Ltd 1976 for Historic Buildings Preservation Council ; Melbourne: the area bounded by Victoria, Spring, Lonsdale and Swanston Sts (source 77), page 83;Date Built1853. Extended 1893.1 HistoricalRobert Ellis, a lighter agent, occupied a shop here in 1853 (1).. John Summons ( or Simmons) owned and occupied it as a house during the 1880s (2).. By the 1880 Mrs . Leachor Leitch was the owner with with Berkowitz and John Stewart & Company as tenants2 Architectural,Built in 1853 (1) and described as a 4 roomed house. An additional room was added as a single storey wing at the rear in 1893 (4)Footnotes(1) M.C.C. Rate Book, Gipps Ward, 1857.(2) M. C. C. Rate Book, Gipps Ward, 1864.(3) M.C.C. Rate Book, Gipps Ward, 1882.(4) M.C.C. Rate Book, Gipps Ward, 1893._________________________________________VICTORIAN HERITAGE INVENTORY H7822-12041853 - four-roomed house occupied by Robert Ellis, Lighter Agent. Owner and occupier 1860s, John Simmons. 1866 map and 1880 Panorama - buildings fronting Russell Street.1880s - Mrs Leach & Mr Berkowitz owner; tenant John Stewart & Co.1905 - two-storey building, E Stewart, Printer._________________________________________Webmenu.com.auLebanese House268 Russell Street, MelbourneTelephone (03) 9662 2230www.smartstreetfilms.com.au 2016see https://www.smartstreetfilms.com.au/persons-of-interest/film-gallery/171-palestine-australia-solidarity-committee-meeting-lebanese-house-melbourne-aug-1973-length-4-11Palestine Australia Solidarity Committee Meeting Lebanese House, Melbourne, Aug 1973Lebanese House at 264 Russell St in the City of Melbourne was a well known hang out for the left. Students from the Worker Student Alliance at Monash University would travel into the city to eat here and it was the venue for a number of other gatherings. This film shows a meeting of the Palestine Australia Solidarity Committee._________________________________________NEWSPAPERS (TROVE)1931INCENDIARISTS ACTIVE.SUSPICIOUS FIRES INVESTIGATED.THE FAWKNER FIRES.There were were developments yesterday in the police investigation into the suspected case of incendiarism at the Tiki Café on Sunday night, and the epidemic of suspicious fires in the Fawkner district… The gang endangered the lives of firemen who attended the Cafo Tiki fire by placing a tub-ful of petrol at the top of the stairway.alsohttps://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/203019844SUSPICIOUS CITY FIRE.Tub of Petrol on Stairway.FIREMAN'S TIMELY DISCOVERY.Petrol Also Found in Rooms.Extraordinary preparations to cause the rapid spread of a fire were discovered by a detachment of firemen from Eastern Hill, in charge of Acting Chief Officer Kemp, when they were summoned by street alarm call early last night to a two- story building -at 264 Russell-street, which is known us the Tiki Cafe.Bursting - the front door in with their axes, the firemen carried a length of hose up a narrow. stairway lending to the first door, where they found a fire burning fiercely in one of the bedrooms. When they reached the landing at the top of the stairway the firemen made the first of a number of alarming- discoveries, which convinced them that the outbreak was a matter for police investigation.. -Lying across the banister, railings were three battens on which had -been placed in a precarious angle so that it could have been easily upset, a tub containing about eight gallons of petrol. Apparently to prevent vaporisation, a sheet of glazed paper and a towel- were placed over the tub,- and bundles of Chinese joss sticks .and matches - were tied together.: -A piece of -string had been fastened around the basin,- and was left dangling over -the -stairway steps. This remarkably,-ingenious device was fortunately discovered by Station Officer Patterson, of Eastern Hill; before any of the firemen could stumble on the string and bring the tub and its inflammable contents pouring: on to the landing.. The matches and .the joss sticks had been ignited, and had scorched the- towel- lying underneath. Had the tub of petrol been overturned by some unsuspecting fireman he. and- others following behind him on the narrow stairway -might, have been enveloped in a sheet of flame, with perhaps tragic consequences. -:Continuing their investigation the fire men,- -proceeding- cautiously, made an inspection of .the first floor. On the floor just inside the door of a bedroom on- top of the landing was a receptacle filled: with petrol. As in the case of the tub, it was covered over with paper, and on the top of it were a towel, joss slicks and matches. Under the bed was another receptacle -containing petrol, and: also covered with a piece of paper. The seat- of the blaze was located in a front bedroom, the interior of which was a mass of flame. After extinguishing the fire the firemen completed their survey. In the adjoining bedroom they found that a jug, which was standing in a basin- on the wash stand, was filled with petrol. It was covered -over with paper; and there was a towel, joss slicks and matches on top of it. A piece of- string was tied to the handle of the jug, and -the other end was attached to the handle of the door the wash stand being within a few inches of the door. The fireman who opened the door was splashed by the petrol from the jug. Petrol-soaked rags were also found in an ice chest in the kitchen downstairs. The fire was confined to- the bedroom on the first ; floor, where it apparently had its origin. Every window on the ground and first floor of. the building, including a man-hole had been left opened- The result was that the flames were whipped up by the draught and would have spread rapidly but for the timely arrival of' the brigade. The cafe was unoccupied when the fire men arrived..DIRECTORIES OF VICTORIA, MELBOURNE-SANDS AND KENNY, SANDS & MCDOUGALL1893264 Stewart, J. F., & Co, printers and publishersDe Lacy, John, coach trinmier•Smith, C., & Co, manufacturers and importers.1910284 Stewart, John F., & Co. printers and publisbrs.1935, 1942264 Tiki Cafe.
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