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 - BALLANTYNE'S FIRE.
also 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.

THOSE THAT DIED DURING THE BALLANTYNE'S FIRE

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.

INJURED DURING BALLANTYNE'S FIRE

KENNEDY	Lois M Miss	20	4 Swanns Road, Richmond	-
NASH	Nancy Gladys Mrs	25	71 Conway Street, Spreydon	-

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