Albury Woollen Mills. Outbreak of Fire. Sydney
A fire broke out yesterday afternoon at the Albury woollen mills which had been erected at a cost of £150,000. Fortunately the outbreak was…
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Fires & bushfires, 1926
706 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 36
£30,000 Fire Furniture Factory Destroyed. Sydney
At an early hour this morning a fire almost entirely destroyed the stock of the United Furniture Factory Camperdown. Flames swept through the building with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In Night Attire Boarders Escape From Fire. Melbourne
Six persons had exciting escapes when a fire destroyed several bedrooms at the Cambrian Hotel, Maryborough early on Saturday morning. The boarders escaped…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lisbon Revolt Cabinet Ministers Hide Prisoners Set Fire. Paris
Travellers from Portugal bring first hand stories of the Lisbon revolt which show that it began among troops at Vendasnovas, who imprisoned the officer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Menace Over A 500 Square Miles Big Forest in Danger Pall Op Smoke Over Country. Wagga
Notwithstanding that many outbreaks of fire in the Tumut, Gundagai and Wagga districts have been got under control, the flames are breaking out…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fires Destruction In Victoria Five Houses Burnt Down Townships Menaced by Flames. Sydney
Five houses were destroyed by a bush fire which swept portion of Olinda, in the Dandenong Ranges, Vctoria. Fire fighters succeeded in preventing the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ether Fumes Fire Follows Explosions Patient Fatally Burned. London
During an operation at Mansfield Hospital a nurse's skirt overturned a bottle of ether. The fumes spread to a fire 14 feet…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires Forestry Officials Trapped. Melbourne
The State Minister for Forests, Mr. Richardson and members of the Forests' Commission had an exciting experience yesterday, when they were trapped in a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Race Through Bush Fires. Exciting Experience. Sydney
The State Minister for Forests (Mr. Richardson) and members of the Forests Commission had an exciting experience yesterday when they were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nearly Another Fire at Dorrigo
The Commercial Hotel, Dorrigo, had another narrow escape from going up in smoke at an early hour on Wednesday morning last. Mr. Jack Harris came to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Next Door Hospital Patients Shifted. Griffith
A house adjoining a private hospital caught fire last night, and so serious was the position that all the patients were removed from the hospital. Danger,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Fire in Melbourne. Heavy Damage. Sydney
Damage estimated at £30,000 was caused by a fire which started last night anions stacks of waste spread over an area of ground near the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Severe Burns Old Man Caught in Fire. Sydney
Nicholas Flynn, 80, was shockingly burnt when his home caught fire at Sofala, in the Bathurst district. But for the fact that the outbreak was observed by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Burnt to Death 2000 Sheep in Bush Fires Scores of Fire Fighters Collapse. Sydney
Bush fires are still raging in the Wagga district. Already between 2000 and 3000 sheep have been burnt to death near Gerogery…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Picture Theatre Burnt Out in 30 Minutes Poor Water Pressure. Melbourne
The Palais Picture Theatre, adjoining the Palais Dance Hall, was completely destroyed by fire this afternoon. Half an hour after the alarm was given the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →House Destroyed by Fire
A weatherboard cottage, situated at Middle Creek, near Casino, owned and occupied by Mr. Gus Hosking, was totally destroyed by fire on Friday morning. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£80,000 Fire Aberdeen House Gutted Firemen Have Narrow Escape. Sydney
A disastrous fire occurred this morning in Clarence street, city, Aberdeen House, a seven-storied building, being completely gutted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fire Damage Wagga
It is estimated that a loss of not less than £40,000 or £50,000 was caused by the fire which destroyed the pine plantation at Murraguldrie State forest…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Furniture Truck Fire
As a good train was pulling into South yard, Werris Creek, on Tuesday, a truck of furniture was discovered on fire. It was detached, but the truck and contents…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local and General Alarm of Fire
On Tuesday evening the Lismore fire brigade received a call to Mr. C. H. Riley's bedding factory at South Lismore. The outbreak was due to the…
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