Photo of the original J. Kitchens & Sons candle and soap works, South Melbourne, 1855. “In February 1860 Kitchen’s was the scene of one Port Melbourne’s spectacular fires. John Kitchen, who still lived on the site at the time, gave evidence at the inquest into the fire, that he was awakened by one of his workmen, George Morrell, who slept in the hay loft close to where the fire commenced. George Morrell gave evidence that he saw John Harrison among the spectators who watched the progress of the fire. John Kitchen gave further evidence to say that he had dismissed this Harrison from the factory a few weeks before. Harrison was committed to trial at this inquest but was found not guilty at his subsequent trial” - The Borough and its People, Margaret and Graham Bride, 2013.
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