This blog post is about the Ballantynes Fire - Nov 18th 1974
What do I think I already know
I know it was a fire in Ballantynes on Nov 18th 1974.
What do I think I will about this disaster?
What caused the fire, how they fixed it, and how they stopped it, did people die is so how many, is it the same building or re built, how long it took to stop it
Read and research
1. Ballantyne's was an exclusive store because there were expensive designer with ladies who wore hats and gloves and served by waitresses with aprons and caps
2. The Ballantynes department store in Christchurch
3. November 18th 1947 at 3:46 pm
4. The workers weren't told there was a fire because they haven't finished their shift yet a plus they didn't have a fire alarm or evacuation plan and the downstairs and the downstairs workers thought it was only a cellar fire not bothering to tell the upstairs workers
5. 41 employees died, two women jump from the verandas and was unconscious but recovered
6. No smoking inside, no walking past fire's, tell others, they have smoke alarms and now have a evacuation plan.
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Video notes
Worst fire in new Zealand's history,
46 people missing in addition to those dead
Fire started in basement of the furniture department at 4:46 pm
Few shoppers at that time
Employees mainly on 2nd and 3rd floor about 300 people worked in this space
Neighbouring shops were cracked by the heat and power lines came down
Army and air force helped the firemen, Navy helped with the crowd control
They sprayed/pumped water for 4 hours from 36 hoses
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The trapped were waving down to people passing in the streets for help before the fire engulfed them killing them
They began investigating
They had 25 minutes before the first flames were seen
Spring of 1947
This resource wasn't useful because it was too long, and you couldn't hear the audio very well
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Poster
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Reflection
I am learning where the worst fire in New Zealand happened, how it happened, how many people were killed or trapped in the fire, and any other little piece of information
This work shows my learning because it shows the notes off of the videos we have watched about the Ballantynes fire and a poster of information I had made.
In a result on this learning I am wondering how long it took them to rebuild the building.
Looking back at my prediction I got it right that it was a fire but I got wrong I thought at first Ballantynes was a little town or city but learnt that it is a store / department place in Christchurch
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