Myer Department Store, Lonsdale Street, C.1924
The Doncaster Tea rooms, on the right, (and the Greek Club that rented the upstairs space) came to an abrupt and rather spectacular end early one morning in May 1925, thanks to the Myer excavation work taking place on the adjoining block.
It was 5.30am and proprietor John Schaffner had begun his morning routine, preparing for the 200 or so customers who would arrive over the next two hours to have breakfast, when one side of the building collapsed and fell into the excavation hole next door.