PEOPLE USE COUNCIL SHOWERS DUE TO GAS SHORTAGE IN MELBOURNE

SYD10:AUSTRALIA-EXPLOSION:MELBOURNE,AUSTRALIA,30SEP98 - Melbourne residents use a council shower block on the Kingston Heath Reserve September 29 after gas supplies were stopped to Australia's second largest city after a series of explosions crippled a coastal gas plant killing two people on September 25. Most of Australia's Victoria state was likely to have no gas for at least two weeks causing the closures of manufacturers, like car makers, paper and packaging producers and breweries resulting in millions of dollars in losses. (AUSTRALIA OUT, NO ARK, NO ONLINE) mdb/Photo by Melbourne Age REUTERS