Wheat Ship on Fire. London, Thursday Night
The Swazi has arrived at Port Said. A fire broke out in the hold, but was extinguished. It will be necessary to discharge 1000 bags of wheat for…
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Fires & bushfires, 1914
455 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 9 of 23
Fires in the City. Mr. Albert Hyman's Residence Destroyed. a Busy Time for the Firemen
The local fire brigades were Kept hard at work for a couple of hours on Saturday night combating the dreaded fire fiend…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Railway Town Fire. Mr. Syd. C. Robinson's' House Burnt
At 8.35 o'clock the same evening another call to fire was received. The outbreak was in a four-roomed woodand-iron house in Newton-lane, owned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Tramway Workshops. Oil Valued at £5000 DESTR0YED. Sydney, Saturday Afternoon
The oil store at the Randwick Tramway Workshops, was destroyed by fire early this morning. Oil to the value of £500 was destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Followed by Explosion. Six Persons Killed. a Dozen Others Injured. Dreadful Tragedy in New Zealand. Wellington (N.Z.)
A fire occurred in a store at Upper Hutt last midnight. While several residents and vistiors were endeavoring to save the property, a terrifie…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Argent Street. Four-roomed House Destroyed
The central fire brigade, in charge of Station-officer Smith, was called to a fire in Argent-street North, at 3.35 o'clock this morning. The outbreak,…
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The Marrickville police have reported to the City Coroner the circumstances surrounding a fire which occurred at 12 Lewisham-strect, Dulwich Hill, on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Truck on Fire. Cinematograph Appliances Ablaze. Adelaide, Thursday Afternoon
As a goods train was travelling between Freeling and Kapunda this morning a large 16-ton iron truck was seen to be on fire. It contained a petrol…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two More Cotton Fires. Damage Over £80,000. One Fire Still Burning. (Reuter's Message.) Bombay
Two further cotton fires have destroyed much property here. One was extinguished after damage amounting to £40,000 had been done…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at the C.P.O. Adelaide
A fire broke out in the Adelaide G.P.O. on Saturday night, in the basement under the operating-room. Work in the telegraphing room and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Fatal Fire. Elderly Man Overcome by Smoke. Brisbane
A two-storey building in Mellbourne-street, South Brisbane, occupied by G. H. Sardis as a fish shop was seriously damaged by fire last night. An…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire on a Ballarat Mine. Several Buildings Damaged. Melbourne
Several buildings at the Central Plateau mine, Ballarat, were burnt by fire on Saturday. The manager's office and smelting and changing houses…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New South Wales. Rescued From a Fire. Sydney
An aged lady was rescued just in time from a room on the top floor of a burning building at North Sydney yesterday morning. The outbreak…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New South Wales. Fire at the Show Ground. Sydney
A spark set fire to the thatched roof of some tea rooms at the Agricultural Showground yesterday, and the building was extensively damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Picture Show Fire
A panic was caused at the Theatre Royal at Nhill (vic.) last Thursday night, owing to a film belonging to the Melba Picture Company catching fire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tried by Fire
A report from Cincinatti, Ohio (says the New York correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph"), describes a remarkable test given to a fireproof suit and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Terrific Fire. Seven Lives Lost. Many Persons Burned. (Reuter's Message.) Boston
A fire to-day destroyed a five-storied apartment block in the city. Seven lives were lost, and more person is still missing. One hundred and twenty…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →H.M.A.S. Australia on Fire. Coal Bunker Ablaze. Extinguished After an Hour's Fight. Sydney
A fire broke out early this morning on the flagship Australia, lying in Farm Cove, in a coal bunker, which, when, discovered, was well ablaze…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →New York Fire. the Perils of Fire Fighting. (Reuter's Message.) New York
During the boarding-house fire (as published in an earlier edition) a man tried to escape by the roof but fell and was killed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →More Fires by Suffragettes
Suffragettes have burned the Belfast Corporation's Bellevue Gardens' tearooms. The bomb which damaged the…
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