Hotel Fire in U.S.A. Eleven Deaths Reported Vancouver. January 24
A message from Allentown (Pennsylvania.U.S.A.) says:—A fire broke out on Saturday in the Lafayette Hotel, [?] century-old hostel. Details are…
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Fires & bushfires, 1926
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False Alarms of Fire District Fire Officer Speaks
In conversation to-day District Fire Officer R. W. Smith commented strongly on the number, of false alarms being received at the station…
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At 10.14 o'clock Last night the Fire Brigade was called through the alarm at the conter of Pell and Gypsum streets. A motor and five men turned…
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At 8.30 o'clock last night Dr. Hains reported to the Fire Station that a chimney in his surgery in Argentstreet had caught alight while he was…
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A man passing the White Leads mine late this afternoon noticed that a fire had started on the mine. He hurried into the city and informed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bon Fires of Treasury Bonds ("Sun Pictorial" Cables.) Paris, January 23
Following the example of Marseilles, where the citizens are contributing to the purchase of Treasury bonds, which will be ceremoniously burned, a wave…
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When on Thursday afternoon last the Maylands police visited ruins of a wood and iron house which was demolished by a bush fire that swept through…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →NINE U.S.A. Aeroplanes Destroyed by Fire (Reuter's Message.) Vancouver, January 25
A Washington message says:— A fire at the Boiling [?]ld Army Aviation Station destroyed nine aeroplanes. 12 motors, and a hangar. An…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Victoria Bush Fires General Melbourne
Fires are raging practically throughout Victoria. Railway communication with many of the affected areas has been suspended. Many houses…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New South Wales Inquiry Into Fires. Sydney
The inquiry into fires which occurred at 30 York-street, City, on August 20. 1913. and on November 28, 1925, when the premises occupied on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New South Wales Fire at Forbes. Sydney
Four business premises were destroyed by fire at Forbes yesterday morning. The damage is estimated at £6000. It is believed that the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire on an Island Excitement Among Tourists Melbourne
On Phillip Island a bushfire is raging. Several homesteads are threatened. There is great excitement at Cowes, the chief town on the island,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →White Leads Fire Storeroom Is Destroyed and Boiler House Damaged Loss Estimated at £300
As briefly reported in the Latest News Issue of "The Barrier Miner" last night, at about 5 o'clock Mr. H. Florence intor[?]ed Mr. W. H…
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The latest news from Canberra states that 200 men along a five miles front yesterday fought bush fires and prevented them from spreading. Late…
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Bush fires are still raging in Victoria. Thousands of acres of grass have already been destroyed. Some of the many settlers are threatened…
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Robert Nicholson, a resident of Pascoe Vale, was awakened early yesterday morning to find his room in flames. He carried his wife through…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fires Outbreak Near Canberra Has Frontage of 20 Miles Station Property in Danger, Sydney
The bushfire in the Cnnberra region now has n front of 20 miles. The whole of the Federal territory is covered with a thick pall of smoke. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fires Outbreak Near Canberra Has Frontage of 20 Miles Station Property in Danger. Sydney
The bushfire in the Canberra region now has a front of 90 miles. Tba whets of the Federal territory is covered with a thick pall of smoke. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Meadow Flat Blaze Now Out of Control Bathurst
The fire which has been devastating Meadow Flat has not yet been conquered, and it is still eating up dry grasses and scrub. On Thursday night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Meadow Flat Blaze Now Out of Control Bathurst
The fire which tua been devastating Meadow Flak has not yet been conquered, and it is still eating up dry grasses and scrub. On Thursday night…
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