31 Irwin Street — Streets of East Freo

ARCHITECTURE

Inter-War, Simple Gable Bungalow

No 31 Irwin Street is a single-storey house constructed in brick and rendered brick with a hipped and gable tiled roof. It is an expression of the Inter-War Bungalow style with some later modifications. The front elevation is asymmetrically planned with a full-width return hip roofed verandah. The verandah is supported on stylised square columns that rest on masonry piers. A rendered masonry wall spans between the piers. The north section of the return verandah has been enclosed. There is a central door and hopper light flanked by a sidelight and sets of casement windows.

HISTORY

1934 Claremont Collision. Man Sustains Broken Nose. Charles Hudson (25), of 239 Bulwer street, sustained a broken nose, and Lloyd Hawkins, of 38 Salvado-road, Subiaco, head injuries, in an accident near the Intersection of Stirling Highway and Stirling-street, Claremont, about 9.30 last night. A Metro bus was just moving off when a Morris Minor, driven by Hudson, crashed into it from behind. The bus was driven by Edgar Tapper, of 31 Irwin-street, East Fremantle. The two injured men were conveyed to the Perth Hospital by St. John Ambulance. Hawkins being in an unconscious condition, although he recovered consciousness soon after his admission. (reference)
1944 Comb In His Pocket Burns. On Saturday, Robert Semple of Fremantle, was riding his bicycle past a grass fire in the district. He was wearing a new coat, in a side pocket of which he kept his comb. He had ridden some distance past the blaze before he realised, at first by the heat, that his pocket had burnt away and his pants were smouldering. A spark had touched his comb, had set it on fire. (reference)
1945 Death of Arnold, Mick, Hawter, Ken, Kavanagh (ED.) A tribute to the memory, of three Cobbers, who paid the supreme sacrifice. Inserted by an old teammate George Huxley. (reference)