A Disastrous Fire. 200 Men Thrown Idle. £45,000 Damage. Sydney, Thursday Night
The most disastrous fire which has occurred at Ballarat for 30 years broke out last night in the ham and bacon curing factory of George…
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Fires & bushfires, 1913
216 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 11
Fire. at the Lion Hotel
Shortly after one o'clock yesterday morning, a fire broke out in one of the bedrooms of the Lion Hotel, Prince-street, Grafton, and did about…
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The loud ringing of the fire bell between 6 and 9 o'clock do Friday evening caused s roeb to the fire station to ascertain the locality of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Outbreaks of Fire. (To the Editor of the "Argus.")
Sir,--A fire occurred recently in the business portion of Prince-street, Grafton, and, I am given to understand, that the first intimation the local…
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Mr. Editor,—A fire occurred recently in the business portion of Prince-street, Grafton, and I am given to understand that the first intimation the local Fire Brigade…
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A disastrous fire occurred at Opunake (N.Z.) last night. An inadequate water supply hampered the firemen. A hotel and ten shops were…
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A DISASTROUS fire occurred in Dorrigo on Wednesday evening last, resulting in the total destruction of the local sawmills. Dorrigo…
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Sir.—In your report of the fire at the B.A.T. mill appearing in your last issue I wish to take exception to the paragraph stating that previous to the arrival fo the…
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In our report last issue we stated that neighbour were on the scene before the Brigade, which had to come 1½miles, could reach…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A fire in the works of West's Wheel Co., Bridge-road, Glebe, at half-past 12 this morning burnt the place out and destroyed an…
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When Sir Evelyn Wood was a young man he very narrowly escaped losing his life in the Crimes. He was climbing over a parapet…
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CASINO, Friday.—Matters in connection with the Fire Brigade are still unsettled. To-day, Mr. Watson, third officer of the New South Wales…
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In view of the importance attached to the subject of the administration of fire brigades, it may be as well to indicate the present lines of administration, and the…
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For three, months, Miss Norah Quigley, of 13 Cowper-street, Globe, Sydney, was tortured night and day by a distressing form of [?]zema, and it is ohly through…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Hotel on Fire. Many Narrow Escapes. Sydney
A private hotel at Wellingiton, New Zealand, was destroyed by fire. The inmates had narrow escapes and lost everything. The proprietor, who…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Late Cables. Tragedy at Sea. Fire and Gale. 200 Lives Lost. London, Saturday Night
The steamer Volturno, bound from Rotterdam to New York, has been abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. A fire broke out on board and…
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LONDON, Sunday.—The steamer Carmania, early yesterday morning, received a wireless call that the British steamer Volturno, bound from Rotterdam to…
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Third Officer Watson, of the Board of Fire Commissioners of N.S.W., who has been delayed at Casino over brigade troubles there, arrived at…
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The steamer Devonian has arrived at Liverpool with 50 survivors of the Volturno. The cook of the Volturno declares that…
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Latest reports from Cardiff state that a fresh fire has broken out in the Universal Colliery and all hopes of further rescues have been…
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