Artifact
Fire at Miri, Sarawak (Malaysia)
Description
- Smoke billows in the background from a series of oil derricks and people stand watching in the foreground.
- Picture appears to have been taken from a clearing in the jungle where residential bungalows are located.
- Note on the picture reads: Bud Hemming was burned to death in this fire at Miri, Sarawak. April 27th, 1927".
Background Information
- Part of a photograph collection belonging to James and Stuart Nisbet who worked in British Borneo (modern Sarawak, Malaysia) in the 1920s.
Latitude: 4° 23' 58.949" N
Longitude: 113° 59' 25.613" E
Date
April 27, 1927
Dimensions
inches
Length:
6.0
Height:
8.0
Events, Places, People
- Bud Hemming
- Miri, Sarawak
