Telegrams Fire at Wunderlich's. Sydney
A fire broke out Wunderlich's metal ceiling factory at Redfern early this morning. Firemen made a splendid save. The finishing shed was gutted, and a…
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Fires & bushfires, 1924
489 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 25
Fires at Narromine. Sydney
A fire which broke out in wooden premises occupied by the Bank of Australasia at Narromine last night, also caused destruction of adjoining…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Surry Hills. Sydney
A two-storied factory in Nicholls street, Surry Hills, was gutted by fire early this morning. The place was occupied by Messrs. J. M. Manners and Co.,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Factory Razed Fire at Surry Hills Sydney
A two storied factory in Nicholls-street, Surry Hills, was gutted by fire at an early hour this morning. The place was occupied by J. M…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Clock Tower
When a municipal employee was in the tower of the Ballarat City Hall lighting up the great clock, the taper he was using dropped into a bucket of paint…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in a Steamer's Bunkers. Sydney
A fire broke out in the bunkers of the Burns, Philp steamer Mataram, berthed at Circular Quay, this morning. It Appears that a quantity of hot ashes fell…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Fire. Store and Residence. Insurances Total £4000. Blaze at Mullumbimby
The general store of Mr. W. H. Haas, and a residence at its rear were, with their contents, totally destroyed on Saturday night at Mullumbimby. The stock…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Cyclist on Fire
An accident of rather an extraordinary nature occurred on the Maitland road recently. A motor party was coming along the road to Singleton early in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Safe Robbed. Store Set on Fire. £2500 Damage at Molong. Molong
A fire broke out in Huxley's store at 5 o'clock yesterday. After a strenuous fight the flames were subdued, but the damage to stock by fire and water is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Narrabri Fire. Meat Works Destroyed. Narrabri
The big Tibbereenah meat works, in the Narrabri district, were totally destroyed by fire. The works contained the very latest machinery, and provided…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rubber Works Fire. Barnett Glass Factory Damaged. Melbourne
Portion of the Barnett Glass rubber works at Footseray were burned out to-day. The damage is estimated at £15,000. A poor water supply…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Burnt Out Balmain Box Factory Damage Runs Into Thousands. Sydney
A fire broke out at Balmain box factory in New street, Annandale, at a late hour to-night and caused very heavy damage. Brigades from the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fell Into a Fire
Falling into an open fire, as the result of an epileptic fit, one day last week Mrs. J. O'Sullivan, Duroby Creek, is now an inmate of the Tweed District…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Victoria Park. £10,000 Tote Machine Burnt. Sydney
Shortly after ten o'clock to-night the Redfern fire brigade received a call that the old totalisator in the Leger reserve at Victoria Park racecourse was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Narrandera. Narrandera
Damage estimated at £14,000 was caused early this morning by a fire which broke out in the building occupied by E. Quinn and Co., general…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE V.P. Totalisator Fire. Sydney
The secretary of the Victoria Park Racing Club is of opinion that the totalisator was deliberately set alight by some punter who had experienced a bad…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →1000 Casualties. Big Fire in China. Tsingtao
Official figures published to-day reveal that 300 were burned to death, were suffocated, or died from injuries received in the panic, and that 700 others were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Germany. Dye Work Disturbances. Police Fire on Workers. London
Reuter's Paris correspondent says that a French source from Dusseldorf states that following the disturbance in the Badische aniline factory at Ludwichs…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in Silk Store. Causes £4000 Damage. Townsville
The silk and fancy goods store of Fujiza Tashima, Flinders street, Townsville, caught fire this morning. The outbreak was easily subdued, but water…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Only Walls Standing. Paton, Burns Burnt Out. Sydney
A fire swept through the Paton, Burns fertiliser factory at Alexandria last night, and only the bare outer walls of the big buildings were left standing. The blaze…
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