Hoyts Time Theatre

On May 3, 1945, the Hoyts Time Theatre was severely damaged by a fire which destroyed the stage and the screen. The fire occurred during a showing of an unknown movie. Nobody was injured despite the capacity of the showing was half-full at the time of the fire. The floor was flooded with water by people trying to extinguish the fire, and traffic was pushed back for miles due to the people surrounding next to the theater. The bottom-left side of the screen was devastated in the fire pretty heavily before spreading rapidly towards the stage.