Fire Brigade Calls. a Record Month. Sydney
Calls received by the city and suburban fire brigades during the year amounted to 1770, of which very few were serious. The present month has broken all records…
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Fires & bushfires, 1919
256 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 13
Autocratic Prussians. Fire on American Flag. Copenhagen
Details of fighting at Posen show German officers fired at an automobile flying the American flag passing a street towards Warsaw. They tore down the flag, but…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Coff's Harbor
On Tuesday night last a cottage in Moonee street, Coff's Harbor, owned by Mr. H. S. Byrnes, was completely destroyed by fire. The occupants were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Words of Fire. How Should We Treat the Hun?
The following blistering article is from the leading columns of the "Farmer and Settler":-- Mr. Richard Teece is an honored…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire on the Loongana. Melbourne
A fire was discovered to-night on the steamer Loongana, which has been held up since Wednesday owing to the firemen claiming an increase in wages. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Macksville Fire Brigade
In order to forestall the damage that may be done by a fire outbreak at Macksville, the local Chamber of Commerce is now considering the best ways and means…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Crown Studios Fire. Sydney
An inquest has been opened concerning the fire which destroyed the Crown Studios last month. Mark Blow said he had a very…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fires. Two ina Week
The fire fiend has been busy around these parts during the past few days. On Tuesday, night, 31st ult., a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wahroonga Sanitarium. Damaged by Fire. Sydney
The Sydney Sanitarium, controlled by the Seventh Day Adventists at Wahroonga, narrowly escaped destruction by fire at 3 o 'clock this morning. The alarm…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Bush Fire. Sydney
A disastrous bush fire occurred on the Kameruka estate, near Bega. One dairy herd of 80 cows was practically destroyed, except 18, which rushed into the river…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Bush Fire. Sydney
By a bush fire in the Harden district Mr. W. Rose lost about 5000 acres of grass, and Messrs. Osborne about 20,000 acres and five stacks of hay, totalling…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Late Wires Bush Fires. Goulburn District Devastated. Sydney
The Goulburn district has been badly devastated by bush fires, forty thousand acres being burned. Several women narrowly escaped death by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Acid Factory. Auckland
A fire at Kempthorne, Prosser and Co.'s acid works at Burnside, New Zealand, did damage estimated at between £10,000 and £20,000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fires. Woman's Terrible Death Great Damage to Property. Largest. Fires for Years. Sydney
A bush fire has broken out in the Rockley district, and in a few hours did considerable damage, The fire started on the property of W…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Front of Fifteen Miles. Fires Still Spreading. Later
Information from Rockley to-day shows that the bush fire now has a front of about 15 miles, spreading almost in all directions. Thousands of acres of grass…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland. Unemployed at Cloncurry. Fire at Kuridala. Glongurry
The A.W.U. on Sunday last decided not to work the Duchess mine Until the manager had been dismissed. this means that practically no mines will start in this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Devastation in Goulburn District. Fire Front of Eight Miles. Sydney
Bush fires have been devastating the country an the Goulburn district since Sunday last. The fire started at Paddy's Land and passed through Hartley 's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegrams. Bush Fire. Temporarily Under Control. Sydney
The disastrous bush fire which has been raging between Bathurst and Rockley has been stopped, at least temporarily, although constant attention is required…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer on Fire. Adelaide
A wireless message has been received at Adelaide from the steamer Fraser River, which is steaming to Port Adelaide on fire. The vessel is in ballast from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Repton Fire. Coronial Inquiry
An inquiry into the fire which destroyed the premises and contents of Mr. Gus Wheatley's, storekeeper, at Repton, in the early morning of December 13,…
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