Great Fire at Wyong. Sydney, Monday Afternoon
The largest fire ever known at Wyong occurred this morning. A large slice of the town was destroyed. The damage has not yet been estimated…
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Fires & bushfires, 1914
455 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 6 of 23
Fire at Umberumberka. Temperance Bar and Billiard Room Burnt
A fire occurred early Friday morning at Umberumberka, by which a temperance, bar and billiard saloon, the property of Mr. P. Hefferman, were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Cobalt Street. Quantity of Tar Becomes Ignited
The Central fire brigade received a call to a fire at 1.44 o'clock this afternoon. The outbreak was caused by the ignition of a quantity of tar which was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire on the Ivanhoe Mine. Poppet Legs and Crushing Station. Extensive Damage. Five Hundred Men Out of Work. Boulder
The poppet legs and crushing station at the Ivanhoo mine caught fire at 2 o'clock this morning, through a rope coming off and catching on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fires in the City. Three Outbreaks Yesterday. Blaze at the Central Mine
As reported in the Third Edition of yesterday's "Miner" an outbreak of fire at the Central mine was telephoned to the Central Fire Station at 5.50…
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The Central Fire Brigade received its third call for the day at 11.10 o'clock last night. The outbreak occurred in a bedroom at Walpole's Royal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Ivanhoe Mine Fire. Serious Results. Kalgoorlie
The fire on the Ivanhoe mine yesterday was one of the biggest seen on the Goldfields for a considerable time. It occurred early in the morning, with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in Cobalt Street. Quantity of Tar Becomes Ignited
The Central fire brigade received a call to a fire at 1.44 o'clock this afternoon. The outbreak was caused by the ignition of a quantity of for which was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →New South Wales. Burnt Out After Fifty Years
Sydney, Wednesday Afternoon. A fire occurred in a weatherboard, cottage in Banksia-street, Botany, this morning; when several rooms were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Williams-street. Only Slight Damage Done
The Central Fire Brigade received its 17th call to a fire since the beginning of the year at 11.55 o'clock last night. The outbreak was in a detached room…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Oil Fire. Eighteen Wells Ablaze. (Reuter's MESSAGE.) St. Petersdburg
News has been received that 18 parafin oil reservoirs are on fire at Baku, the great oilfields. Half a million pounds damage has already been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Brigades Control. Discussion in the Council
At a meeting of the City Council last night, a long printed circular was relived from the town clerk of Bathurst calling attention to various…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires in the West. Much Damage Occasioned. Perth
Extensive bush and grass fires are reported from different parts of the State. At Gin Gin, on the inland railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sensational Rescue. From Death by Fire. Sydney
One of the most sensational incidents that has occurred in Redfern, or, infact, in Sydney for some time, took place in Elizabeth-street, Redfern, this…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Plate-glass Window Smashed. by Fire Brigade Horse. Sydney
A passing tram caused a fire brigade horse, attached to a four-wheeled sulky, to take fright outside the headquarters station in Castlercagh-street…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Female Fire Fiends. Historic Church Burned Down. Priceless Furniture Destroyed. (Reuter's Message.) London
A terrible tale of incendiarism by those women known as militant suffragettes, is to hand. It appears that some suffragettes…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire in Gossan-street. a Big Conflagration Averted. Hard Work and Poor Water Supply
What threatened to develop into a serious fire was fortunately averted by the promptitude in turning out and the hard work done by the Central…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fires in February. Twenty-five Outbreaks Since January First
The local Fire Brigade received 18 calls to fires during February. Only seven calls were received in January, which places the total for the first two…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at South Broken Hill
The South Broken Hill Fire Brigade received a call at 10.55 o'clock last night to a fire which had broken out in a four-roomed wood-and-iron…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Arcent Street. Draper's Shop Gutted. Fine Save by Firemen
An Argent-street shop was burnt out early this morning, and but for the good work of the fire brigade; the conflagration woud have been much more…
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