Lithgow Fire Station
Mr. S. Watson, third officer N.S.W. fire brigades, was in Lithgow on Friday and inspected the local station and equipment. At night he put the men through manual engine drill…
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Fires & bushfires, 1914
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Country Fire. Albury
A destructive fire broke out in the general store of Mr. F. Trewella at Upper Bethungra. The building was of weatherboard, and the flames quickly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Balmain. Mother Rescued by Son
A fire occurred this morning at a grocer's shop in Balmain occupied by Mrs. Olson. Her son awoke and found the room full of smoke. He groped his way to the next…
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A fatality, resulting in the loss of three lives, occurred at Orbost. Blasting operations were in [?] on Thursday on the Ba[?] to [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in City. Explosion in Film Depot Nine Personss' Narrow Escape. Sydney
An explosion, the cause of which is unaccounted for, in the rooms occupied by ,a film company, on the second floor of Young's Buildings, at the corner of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Panic at Fire Fifty Excited Italians. Three Killed. Several Injured. Police Use Their Batons. Bridgeport (Conn.)
Scenes of wild excitement were witnessed during a fire early this morning in an Italian rooming-house of this city…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bathurst Fire Bricks
No better evidence of the marvellous fire-resisting properties of these bricks could be furnished than a sample that has been shown to us by Mr. Slade…
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An instance of the durability of fire bricks, made from the clay secured in the Bathurst district, was amply demonstrated in a brick brought to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sensational Fire. Police Use Their Batons. Bridgeport (Conn.)
Scenes of wild excitement were witnessed during a fire in an Italian rooming-house of this city. When the outbreak was discovered…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Cowra. Paper Office Burnt Out. Cowra
A local newspaper office was destroyed by fire this morning. The premises and property were insured. |…
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Mr. George Broadhurst, clerk of works for the Board of Fire Commissioners, arrived here from Sydney yesterday. His visit was in connection with the erection of a new fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Grenfell Fire Coroner's Finding. Grenfell
After an inquiry extending off and on for three days and a half, the Coroner, Mr. F. B. Treatt, P.M. found that the recent fire which destroyed five…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Through Blinding Smoke Man Saves His Mother. Fire at Balmain. Sydney
The pungence of thick, choking, black smoke awoke Andrew Joseph Olson, a young man, in his upstairs back room at the grocer's shop of his…
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A fire of some dimension occurred just outsido of the town limits this afternoon. Starting on a portion of the Kingham estate, at the back of the…
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Our report of the fire that occurred on the Kinglmm Estate, which appeared in our columns yesterday, was somewhat irregular in detail. In the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire on a Steamer Bunkers Alight. Firemen's Narrow Escape. Adelaide
A fire was discovered in the cross bunkers of the steamer Polam Hall lying at the Federal Wharf, Port Pirie. At 9 o'clock last night the reserve…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tragedy at Porter's Retreat. Old Lady Fatally Burned. While Setting Fire to Rubbish. (From our own Correspondent,) OBERON
Mrs Still well, sen., of Porter's Retreat, whilst endeavoring to put out a bush-fire, was so severely burned that she died a short time after. The deceased was 76…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegrams. a Big Fire. Sydney
There was a big fire at Creswick to-day, four shops being burned to the ground. Two firemen were seriously njured by falling glass…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Suffragettes Busy Service Outside the Abbey. Church Set on Fire. London
The East End suffragettes marched to Westminster Abbey and held a service—outside, in the presence of 2000 spectators. Rev. C. Willis officiated…
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The visit of third officer Watson, of the N.S.W. Fire Board, to Orange, on Monday, was an interesting one, and of vital interest to all…
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