Incendiarists Active Cotton Waste and Chemicals Big Blaze Averted Sydney
From investigations made by the Redfern police, little doubt is now held that the fire discovered on the premises of P. H. Brown and Co.,…
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Fires & bushfires, 1916
422 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 17 of 22
More Incendiarism Another City Fire. Chemically Prepared Material. Sydney
police inquiries have established that a fire at P.H. Brown's furniture manufacturing establishment, manly, yesterday afternoon was another case of…
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An inquiry was opened by the City Coroner this morning into the cause of the fire which destroyed the Co-operative Stores in Pitt-street on August 21…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Balmain. £5000 Damage. Sydney
Last night the Balmain Fire Brigade received an automatic call from Lever Bros.' soapworks, Reynolds-street, Balmain. The outbreak was confined to…
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A Swedish telegram reports that heavy sea firing on Wednesday broke all windows over a wide area…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in War Hospital. (A.c.a. Special.) London
A serious fire occurred in the war hospital at Lord Lucas's house, near Luton. Two hundred wounded soldiers were safely removed to Ribet…
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Westpark hospital, a stately mansion with famous gardens, next door to the park, recently in occupation by Mr. Whitelaw Reid, was destroyed…
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Brief word reached Bathurst yesterday that the business premises of Messrs. Sutton Bros. (William and Fred), at Brisbane, had been burnt…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Italians Callant Alpine Troops. Scale Cliffs Under Fire. London
An Italian semi-official communication describes a brilliant feat of the Alpini in the Fiemme Alps. These are thickly wooded to a height of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tamworth Fire Big Store Partly Destroyed. Sydney
A [?] occurred at [?] at about 2.30 yesterday morning, portion of the general store of P. G. Smith and Co., Ltd., and contents being destroyed. At…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Mascot. Racehorse Burnt. Sydney
At a quarter past nine last night, a fire occurred at a weatherboard building, with iron roof, used as stables, in the Botany-Road, Mascot, owned by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Private Lester's Gallantry. Carries Wounded Comrade. Four Hundred Yards Under Fire
A letter, received by Miss Lester, of Mudgee, from a friend, describing the fighting in the Sinal Desert on August 4 and 5, makes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Six Men Killed. Disaster in Steamer's Hold. Leaking Benzine Catches Fire. Sydney
Shortly before noon to-day it terrible explosion took place on aboard thy Union Company's steamer Wairuiia, laying; at the Margaret-street…
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A weather-board furnished cottage containing five rooms and kitchen owned by Mr. Porks and situated near Darley-street, was, with its contents, completely destroyed, by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Attack Fails. French Gun-fire Deadly. Paris
A French communique says: Our gun-fire and machine guns sanguinarily repulsed an evening attack on the Thiaumont-Fleury front…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A George-st. Blaze. Sydney
The two top floors of Messrs Beard Watson's furniture warehouse, in George-street, Sydney, were destroyed by fire at three o'clock this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →City Blaze Beard, Watson's on Fire. Valuable Stook Damaged. Estimated Loss Over £30,000. SYDNEY
A big fire, which in less than an hour caused between £30,000 and £10,000 worth of damage, occurred at the furniture warehouse of Beard, Watson,…
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The fire which broke out in Beard, Watson and Co.'s furniture warehouse in George-street, near King-street, shortly after 3 o'clock yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire on Steamer. Passengers in Ignorance. (A.c.a. Special.) New York
The steamer Philadelphia has reported to New York that a fire has been burning in the hold since Thursday. The cause is not determined…
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At about 3.30 yesterday morning a fire occurred at the residence of Mr. Walter Nancarrow, in Sale St. The outbreak originated in his buggy…
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