Fire at Quarantine Station. Sydney
A destructive fire occurred at the Quarantine Station, Torrens Island, Adelaide, to-day, when a building containing 30 rooms was completely gutted. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1921
624 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 22 of 32
Fire-eating Bavaria More Settled Conditions Hoped For. Reactionary Premier Replaced. London
The "Daily Telegraph's" Berlin correspondent says moderate opinion in Bavaria welcomes Count Lerchenfield's election to the Premiership by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Co-operative Store. Sydney
A fire broke but this morning on the premises of the Railway and Tramway Employees' Co-operative Society, Nock street, city. Practically the whole of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Sydney Fire. £8000 Damage. Sydney, Saturday Night
Practically the whole Christmas stock of groceries at the Railway and Tramways Co-operative Store, Nock street, was ruined by fire this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →News of the World. Fire on Port Augusta. Firemen's Trying Experience. Cape Town
"The fire on the Port Augusta started in the bunkers containing coal loaded at New York and Rotterdam. It is believed that Continental coal was responsible for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Disastrous Fire Big Blaze at Paris. Millions of Francs Damage
LONDON, Wednesday Night. A fire destroyed a huge store in the Boulevard Paris, the Magasin de Printemps, a big eight-storied building,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Casualties. a Fatal Fire. Two Girls Burnt to Death. Christchurch
Two girls, aged ten and three respectively, were burnt to death at their home in Lyttelton, during the absence of their parents. A police constable who entered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Fatal Fire Two Little Girls Perish. Gallant Attempt at Rescue. Wellington (N.z.)
Two girls, Olivia and May Doddh, were burnt to death in their home at Lyttleton yesterday. One child was seen at a window but…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Fire in Paris. Three Acre Block Alight. Millions of Francs Damage. Only Two Minor Casualties. Paris
The entire brigade in Paris is fighting an appalling fire at Grande Magasine on Printemps on the Boulevard Hauseman. It is attributed to a short circuit, and started…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Paris Fire. Damage Estimated at £4,000,000. PARIS
Les Magasine Printemps building was entirely destroyed. The damage is estimated at eighty million francs. Seven firemen were seriously injured. The lifts…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegrams Coal Mine on Fire. Auckland
Rotowaro coal mine, near Huntley, caught fire yesterday. It is still burning strongly, and the mouth of, the mine has been sealed and water from a nearby…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Burglars Set Fire to a Factory. Melbourne
The prompt arrival of a constable saved a Richmond factory from destruction by fire early on Saturday morning. The fire was caused by safebreakers, who had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Fire Blaze at Crown Hotel. a Narrow Escape
Last night, at about 10.45, the residents of Grafton were startled by the alarm of fire. The fire proved to be at Walker's Crown Hotel, Prince…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Disastrous Spark. £1000 Fire Caused. Sydney, Thursday Night
A fire at Mudgee destroyed 200 tons of hay and a shed valued at £1000. A spark from a chaff-cutting plant is thought to have been the cause of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grafton Fire Outbreak. Crown Hotel's Escape. Flames in the Spirit Room
At about 10.30 o'clock last night a fire broke out in the spirit room of the Crown Hotel, on the river end of Prince street, Grafton, but was extinguished by people…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →31 People Killed. Railway Collision in France. Terrible Tragedy in a Tunnel Carriage on Fire. Paris
The suburban tunnel at Batignolles was the scene of an awful collision between two passenger trains, followed by a fire, in which up to present four persons were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Auxiliary Police Fire on the Crowd. London
The auxiliary police were concerned in a serious disturbance at Dutmanaway, West Cork, on Tuesday. A detachment stationed there reported to Cork that they…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fitzroy's Successor Fire French Steamer Acquired. Interesting War Record. Sydney
It has been announced by the Langley Bros.' Steamship Coy. that the French steamer, Saint Francois, at present in Sydney, has been purchased to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Woolloomooloo. Family's Narrow Escape. Man and Child Admitted to Hospital. Sydney
The dyeing and cleaning works of Albert Bibby, Woolloomooloo caught alight early this morning. A returned soldier, a brother of the owner who was away from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Local and General. To Fight Fire
A square well to hold about 10,000 gallons, is being constructed in the yard of the local Fire Station. The sinking is through whitish clay…
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