Fire Damages Motor Car
At 6.55 o'clock on Saturday night a motor car bearing the number 18883 and owned by Mr. Laurence Nelson which was standing near the Silver…
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Fires & bushfires, 1926
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Match Factory Fire Melbourne
The Commonwealth Match Factory in Melbourne was damaged by fire last night. The loss is estimated to run into several thousands of pounds. A…
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Last night a four-roomed cottage and contents in Arnold-street. Parkside, were totally destroyed by fire. The house was occupied by Leonard…
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Damage estimated at £25,000 was caused by a fire, which almost completely destroyed the Mechanic's Institute at Geelong early yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Causes Damage at Australian Club Hotel Smoke Room Damaged and Fcrniture Destroyed
From outward, appearances few people this morning would have thought that the Australian Club Hotel had a, narrow escape from being…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in New Zealand Colliery Million Tons of Coal Lost Wellington (N.Z.), June 22
The fire at Mill colliery. New Zealand, has assumed menacing proportions. It is estimated that it will resalt in the loss of about [?]000,000 tons…
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At a private meeting held on Tuesday morning with the members of his Shakespearean company, many of whom have been associated with him for 10…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Town Fire Dyer and James's Factory Destroyed This Morning Firemen's Hard Fight
The bread and smallgoods factory of Dyer and James, situated in Cornish-street, Railway Town, was destroyed by fire shortly after midnight last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Town Fire Mr. James Estimates Damage at Approximately —9000 Insurance Totals —6100
The firemen have been withdrawn from the factory of Dyer and James which was yesterday destroyed by fire, but smoke still continues to issue from…
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The fire at the factory of Dyer and James in Cornish-street was not extinguished until yesterday at about 2 o'clock. District Fire Officer R. W…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Allan Wilkie's Loss Through Geelong Fire a Melbourne Appeal
Mr. W. A. Watt (formerly Speaker of the House of Representatives), Professor R. S. Wallace (Professor of English Literature in the University…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Allan Wilkie Fire To the Editor
Sir,—I notice in the issue of "The Barrier Miner' of Saturday that a fund has been inaugurated by Mr. W. A. Watt and Professor Wallace, of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Sydney Fire Much Damage Caused Sydney
Considerable damage was caused by a fire which broke out at premises occupied by John Shaw Ltd., rope makers, and Cawsey Menck and Co.,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Incendiarist Charged Set Fire to a Building Containing Gelignite Committed for Trial Cadia
George David Henderson was charged at the Cadia Police Court yesterday with having maliciously set fire to a building at Cadia, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Town Fire Rebuilding Operations
Sixteen men are at present engaged in cleaning up the debris from the fire last Thursday at the factory of Dyer and James in Cornish-street, Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Allan Wilkie Fire To the Editor
Sir,—I have pleasure in forwarding herewith a cheque for £5 as a donation towards the fund for the replacement of the scenery and effects of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →South Fire Station
Great progress is being made with the construction of the new fire station at South Broken Hill. The structure is being erected on Government land…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trish Mansion House Fire
In "The Barrier Miner" of June 24 an item appeared having reference to the mansion house fire in Ireland and the murder of the M'Donnell family…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →False Alarm of Fire
At 2.15 o'clock this afternoon the Central Fire Brigade received a false call through the fire alarm situated at the corner of Chloride and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Factory of Dyer & James
The above picture shows the western side and portion of the rear of the factoy of Dyer and James, bakers, in Cornish-street, Railway Town, which was destroyed by fire last Thursday week. Damaged flour can be seen on the floor of the second story. There were 100 tons on this floor at the time of the outbreak…
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