The photographer (at left, wearing suspenders) is using a tripod with his camera to photograph the fire. On the ground to his left, is a spare camera. The man beside the photographer has a notebook in his back pocket and is probably a newspaper reporter. Water cascades from the second floor of the Woolworths Store in front of these two men. The rescued tables seen above have been set upright and serve as a leaning shelf for a young man watching the fire. Modern firefighters would not allow the public to be so close to the firefighters.