Bush Fires Many Homeless in the Speck Much Damage Done. Sydney
Bush fires are raging throughout the north-west coastal districts of Tasmania. Many settlers have been compelled to abandon their homes after having removed…
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Fires & bushfires, 1926
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Canadian Hotel Fire. Quebec
Damage estimated at 2,000,000 dollars was done by a fire at the Chateau Frontenac Hotel, one of the premier hostelries in Canada…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at South Grafton Unoccupied Cottage Destroyed
An unoccupied residence at South Grafton, situated on the eastern corner of George street, between McKay and Hawthorne streets, was totally destroyed by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£30,000 Damage Fire Destroys Fellmongering Works. Auckland (N.z.)
Wilson and Canahan's fellmongering works at Onehunga were totally destroyed by fire early this morning. The damage is estimated at £30,000…
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At about two o'clock on Friday morning an alarm of fire was given at Ballina, and the brigade turned out only to find that the fire had such a hold on a cottage…
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Corporal Collier, of France, who sounded the cease fire order at the end of the war, has been awarded the cross of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Famous Hotel Partly Destroyed by Fire. Quebec
The original wings and the great tower of the Chateau Frontenac at Quebec, one of the world's most historic and famous hotels, are to-day ruins owing to a fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Fires Houses Burnt at Lismore Damage Totals £1500. LISMORE
Lismore Fire Brigade received two calls within five hours this morning, the first at 2 o'clock, to a weatherboard cottage in Magellan street, the occupants of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flames and Fire Balls Fusing of Electric Wires Awe-inspiring Sight at Taree
An awe inspiring sight was witnessed by residents in the vicinity of the police station, Taree, on Thursday night. The night was dark aud a gusty wind was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Victorian Forest Fires. Melbourne
A fierce forest fire is raging on the slopes of Mount Buffalo, and many men have been rushed to fight the flames. An awesome spectacle is presented to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Versus Ice
The Narrabri ice works were destroyed by fire early on Saturday. The alarm was sounded at 1.30 a.m. and the building, which was constructed of weatherboard,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Perth City Fire. Perth
Three big houses in the city were destroyed by fire to-day, causing damage estimated at many thousands of pounds. But for the firemen the flames would…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Destroyed by Fire Commander Wilkins' Arctic Plane. Detroit
An all-metal three-engined airplane, just completed for use of the Detroit Arctic Expedition, was destroyed by fire. Commander Wilkins states that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Bug at Work? Outbreak at Coff's Harbor Kerosene in Teapot. Coff's Harbor
An outbreak of fire was discovered at the premises of Mr. C. L. Smith, baker, of High street, at 8 o'clock to-night. Very little damage was done, as the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local and General Fire at Dungay
A house on Mr. George Budd's farm at Dungay, was destroyed by fire at an early hour on Monday morning. Mr. Linden Blow, who has the farm leased, awoke…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Great Forest Fire Animals Fleeing Before Flames. Melbourne
The fire which has broken out on the slopes of Mt. Buffalo is now out of control. A message to this effect has been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →York Street Fire Evidence at Inquiry. Sydney
The City Coroner to-day held an inquiry into the fire which broke out in premises in York street City, occupied by Feank Herman Read, umbrella maker…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Blazing Tree Falls Man Killed Fighting Fire. Hobart
Thomas J. Britton was fighting a bush fire at Burnie last night, when a blazing tree fell on him. He was killed instantly, and an other man narrowly escaped…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →DISASTER At Redhead Mine Explosion and Fire One Killed One Missing Twenty Others Injured. Newcastle
A terrible explosion occured at the Redhead colliery near Belmont, Lake Macquarie, to-day, as the result of which one man is dead, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Dobrigo Blaze
As we go to press we bear that the A.B C. Bank and some six shops at Dorrigo were destroyed by fire on Thursday night…
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