Another Good Save. Fire at a Picture Theatre. Sydney, Wednesday Night
The firemen made another great save at midnight, when the works department of the Union Theatres, adjoining the Crystal Palace, caught…
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Fires & bushfires, 1921
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Fire in Briscoe' S Warehouse. Damage Estimated at £100,000. AUCKLAND
A fire destroyed portion of Arthur Briscoe and Co.'s warehouse in Auckland. It is estimated the damage to the building and stock will run into nearly £100,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cause Still a Mystery. Men Injured While Fighting a Fire. Melbourne, Wednesday Night
All that remained of the cordite magazine at the Colonial Ammunition Co.'s works to-day, after yesterday's explosion, was a few charred walls…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Saving Rain. Stops Gippsland Fires. Sydney
The bush fires in Gippsland have been stopped by rain, which in some places totalled two inches. The cost of each of the five…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Belfast Isolated. Ten Despatch Riders Killed Further Shootings in Dublin Three Fires at Lincoln. Belfast
Belfast awoke this morning to find the telephone wires cut on a large scale, the town being practically isolated. Ten motor despatch riders were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires in Victoria. a Township Enveloped. Several Buildings Destroyed. Colac
Fierce fires swept through Beach Forest. Victoria, and the township of Wve[?]langta is enveloped by flames. Several shops and residences were destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Brigades. Inquiries to Be Made
The State Cabnet has considered the request of the Fire Brigades Union for the appointment of a Royal Commission to inquire into allegations…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Making Flying Safe. Device to Prevent Fire
The airplane tragedy at Golder"s Green has set many people thinking. As a friendly critic of aeronautics put it to me, just as the public is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Country Fire. Station Home Burnt. Sydney
The homestead at Sylvanham, in the Gunbar district, Riverina, was burnt out this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in a Timber Mill. a Coroner's Inquiry. Sydney
An inquiry was held to-day into the circumstances surrounding the destruction by fire of the machinery and plant of the Australian Timber Co., at Haberfield…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Elite Fire. Charge of Blackmail. "We See More Than We're Supposed To." Sydney, Friday Night
The recent fire on the launch "Elite," which was considerably damaged, was mentioned at the Central Police Court to-day, when" Stanley Williams and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fires in Surrey. London
Seven fires simultaneously occurred at farms in Surrey, on the outskirts of London, when large and valuable stock[?] were burned. The outbreaks are attributed to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →False Fire Alarm
What appears to have been another malicious false alarm has to be recorded in connection with Grafton Fire Brigade affa[?]s. Last night,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Stack on Fire. Sydney
One of the wheat stacks at Weedallion siding is still ablaze to-day. The cause of the outbreak is a mystery…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Wheat Fire. Burning Since Wednesday. Sydney
A Young message states that the wheat stacks Weedallion siding are ablaze. The origin of the Are is a mystery…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Dungarvan Affair. Week-end Casualty Lists. More Rick Fires in England. London
Further particulars of the Dungarvon affair show that the rebels captured a police sergeant, whose body was found later, blindfolded and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Costly Fire. Sydney
The grading works at Patea, New Zealand, have been burned to the ground. The damage is estimated at one hundred thousand pounds…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Grafton Fire. Verdict of Accidentally Destroyed
An inquiry into the origin of the fire, which destroyed a shed at the rear of Mr. P. T. Crispin's premises at 25 Milton street, Grafton, on March 12, was held by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Percy Brookfield. Murdered at Riverton. a Russian Runs Amuck. And Fires Forty-one Shots. Four Other Persons Injured. Mr. Brookfield Tackles the Maniac. Adelaide
A sensational shotting affray occurred at the Riverton railway station, 63 miles from Adelaide, about 8 o'clock this morning. A man, supposed to be a German or…
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