The Grass Fires. Adelaide
Grass fires occurred yesterday on the property of Mrs. Lucy Kingston, widow of the late Mr. C. C. Kingston, and near Bordertown. In the latter case…
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Fires & bushfires, 1918
239 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 3 of 12
The Sydney Fire Brigade. Further Protest Against Mr. Lamborne's Appointment. Sydney
The firemen of the city represented by the Fire Brigade Employees Union decided last night to emphatically protest against the changes in the brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The United States. Enemy "Fire Offensive." Munitions Works and Army Stores Destroyed. Explosion in Torpedo Works. Two Steamers on Fire. (Reuter's Message.) Vancouver
Reuter's Washington correspondent telegraphs:— "German sympathisers throughout the United States apparently launched…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fourth Fire in Copra Cargo
The Sydney correspondent of "The Argus" advises:—For the fourth time the copra which was saved from the steamer Morinda in August last caught…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Engines Bought by Mines
The two Broken Hill fire engines advertised for sale by the New South. Wales Board of Commissioners, superseded by the more modern equipment,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cigarettes and Grass Fires. Adlaide
The coroner at Melrose yesterday warned persons against the indiscriminate smoking of cigarettes in grass paddocks owing to the danger of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Fire District. Mr. J. M. Lamborne Takes Up Duty. Svdney
Following on an explanation made by Alderman W. Taylor, the municipal representative on the Fire Board, the Botany Municipal Council at its…
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The coroner at Melrose yesterday, warned persons against the Mdiscnminate smoking of cigarettes in gram paddocks owing to the danger of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Later Details. Killed, 36; INJURED, 191. a Hospital Set on Fire. (Reuter's Message.) Paris
A later French communique says:— "The casualties in the air raid are now stated to be 36 dead (including 22 in Paris and 14 in the'suburbs) and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fires in Wheat Crops. Incendiarism Suspected
An Adelong message in the Sydney "Evening News" states:— Owing to fires at Adelong Crossing, many wheat crops have been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Picture Theatre. Programme of Films Destroyed. Adelaide
Some excitement was caused in Rundle-street on Saturday night by the appearance of flames coming from an upper window of the Pavilion…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Welcomed by Fire Commissioners
Mr. J. M. Lamborne arrived in Sydney on Wednesday afternoon and was formally welcomed at fire headquarters by Mr. E. Farrar, M.L.C. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. J. M. Lamborne's Appointment. Views of Municipal Representative on Fire Board
Following an explanation made by Alderman W. Taylor, municipal representative on the Fire Board, the Botany Council, at its meeting on…
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A grass fire has occurred near Bordertown on the property occupied hy Mr. N. Young. The fire was started by a spark froni a blarksmith's shop…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Official Fire Inquiry. Adelaide
An official inquiry is to be held into the cause of the fire now burning in the Mount Lofty ranges, and which started at Monacute, and is now at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →South Australia. Fire at Mount Gambier. Adelaide
A fire on Saturday occurred in the Commercial-road, Mount Gambier, which destroyed the premises of W. H. C. Stainer, a returned soldier,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Sydney Fire. E. Rich and Company's Stores Sydney
Early yesterday morning a fire broke out in E. Rich and Co.'s free stores at Circular Quay. The firemen on their arrival found that the first two floors…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Further Bush Fires. Adelaide
Bush fires which destroyed fruit trees, fencing, and stock at Montacute and Cherryville, occurred yesterday, but are now under control. A bush…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Official Fire Inquiry. Adelaide
An official inquiry is to be held into the cause of the fire now burning in the Mount Lofty ranges, and which started at Monacute, and is now at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shooting Affray at Kurri Kurri Volunteer Worker Fires at Unionists. Sydney
Another shooting affray occurred on Saturday evening at Kurri Kurri, when a couple of volunteer workers employed at Brown's collieries had two shots at…
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