Fire Near Adelaide Willunga Is Threatened
A bushfire is raging fiercely two miles south-east of Willanga (says the Adelaide "News"). The fire, it is said, has a front of more than half a…
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Fires & bushfires, 1926
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Fire in Oxide-street Among Lot of Rubbish
At 8.34 o'clock last night when the crowd in Argent-street was at its zenith the bell at the rire Station was heard. A number of people ran to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Arson Evidence at Inquiry Into Boarding House Fire Rockhampton (Q.)
A startling story of alleged attempts to burn down a boarding house at Mount Morgan was told at the police court yesterday when an inquiry was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fires Outbreak Near Wagga Causing Much Concern State Forest Threatened Wagga
Notwithstanding that many outbreaks of fire in the Tumut, Gundagai. and Wagga districts have been got under control the flames are breaking…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fires (Continued from Page 1.) in the Tumut Valley. Mr. Justice Mann's Loss
Along the Tumut Valley to Lower Dandenong, bush fires are raging (says the Melbourne "Herald"). Much damage is being done to property. On…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Brigade Busy
Firemen were kept busy on Saturday night, having to respond to three calls in a little over an hour. The first call was received at 6.40 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Destroys Hall Wilfully Set on Fire Is Finding of Coroner
That Trongate Hall, a public building in South Granville, was wilfully set on fire on January 2 by some person or persons unknown, was the finding…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In South Australia. Fires in the Hills. Adelaide
On Sunday bush fires raged at Woodside, Bridgevater. Tweedvale, Forest Range, and Mount Eagle, They were the worst experienced in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at an Hotel Melbourne
Six persons had exciting escapes when a fire destroyed, several bedrooms at the Cambrian Hotel at Maryborough carly on Saturday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Destroys Factory 80 Employees Idle Adelaide
A fire which broke out in the Cameron Shoe Company factory, North-terrance on Saturday evening quickly destroyed the building. The Travellers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fires (Continued from Page 1.) Man Falls Down Shaft While Fighting Flames Melbourne
While fighting a bushfire round the old Morning Star gold mine at Wood's Point, Joseph Williams fell down a shaft 70ft. deep. It took four hours…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fires Firefighter Saves His Life by Leaping Into Creek a Township Saved. Melbourne
The township of Upper Ferntree Gully narrowly escaped destruction by fire. Fortunately the flames were driven back by the firefighters. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Fire at Unley Adelaide
The confectio[?]ry factory of J. Sigalas and Co., at [?]ley, was severely damaged by fire on Monday night. A quantity of the stock and machinery…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Victoria Fire Causes Heavy Damage. Melbourne
Damage estimated at £30,000 was caused by a fire which started last night among stacks of waste timber and spread over an acre of ground…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →South Australia Shoe Factory Fire Adelaide
Following the fire in the factory of the Cameron Shoe Co., North-terrace, on Saturday night, it is now stated that the strongroom was open and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in a Hospital Patient Fatally Burned (Reuter's Message.) London, February 8
During an operation at the Mansfield (Nottinghamshire) Hospital a nurse's skirt overturned a bottle of ether. The fumes spread to a fire 14ft. distant,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fires the Dandenong Outbreaks Extinguished by Rain
Heavy rain on Monday night extinguished practically all the bushfires in the Dandenong Ranges (says a Melbourne message in the "News"). The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fires (Continued from Page 2.) Destruction of Sheep. Sydney
Bush fires are still raging in the Wagga district. Already between 2000 and 3000 sheep have been burnt to death near Gerogery…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Some New Fires Homesteads Threatened
It is reported from Wagga that large fires in the mountains between Kiandra and Cooma have been steadied by light rain (says a Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer on Fire Cairnhill at Sumatra. Fremantle
On the arrival of the Orient liner Otranto at Fremantle yesterday it was learned that the steamer Cairnhill which recently loaded a full cargo of…
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