Fire at Port Pirie Outbreak Started by Child with Matches
The fire brigade received a call at 3 o'clock on Monday afternoon from Ellendale, and the firemen found three detached rooms of wood and iron…
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Fires & bushfires, 1928
552 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 19 of 28
General Cables Large London Factory Is Destroyed by Fire London, September 10
A large fire, the fourth in London in three days, destroyed a five-storied factory adjoining Spurgeon's Taberuacle…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Electric Cable on Fire Under Thames Embankment Firemen Flood Tunnel London, September 9
An unusual fire occurred last night underneath the Thames embankment. An electric light cable carried in a tunnel under the footpath fused,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Wolfram-street
At 3.15 o'clock this afternoon the Central Fire Brigade received a call to a fire which had broken out in a house occupied by Mr. J. Gould at 348…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Chloride-street
At 4.8. o'clock this afternoon the Fire Brigade received a call through the exchange to a fire in Chloridestreet. On arrival it was found that…
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In connection with the fire at 294 Chloride-street yesterday afternoon further details show that the house was insured in the Batavia Company for…
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At 4.8 o'clock yesterday afternoon the Fire Brigade received a call through tha exchange to a fire in Chloridestreet. On arrival it was found that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Morphettville Empty House Destroyed Adelaide
An unoccupied house on the Bavroad. opposite the Morphettville racecourse, was destroyed by fire in the early hours of this morning The…
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An unoccnpied house on the Bavroad opposite the Morphettville raeecourse was deststoryed fire in the early hours of this morning. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kerosene to Revive a Smouldering Fire Six Children Burnt Vancouver, September 13
Six of the children of T. Payeur were burnt to death at Saulte when Marie Paycur, a cousin, tried to revive with kerosene a smouldering…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Kerosene to Revive a Smoutdering Fire Six Children Burnt Vancouver, September 13
Six of the children of T. Payeur were burnt to death at Saulte when Marie Payeur, a cousin, tried to revire with kerosene a smouldering…
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The house at 294 Chloride-street which was damaged by fire on Friday afternoon is owned by Mr. Alfred Whitehead. Mr. Whitehead when in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Redcliffe a Large Boarding-house Is Destroyed by Fire Brisbane
Orient House, the largest boardinghouse in Redcliffe, near Brisbane, valued at £8000, was destroyed by fire early yesterday morning. The fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Dee Why Aged Man's Escape in This Night Attire Sydney
Awakened by a strong smell of smoke, Joseph Woods, an old man, who has been seriously ill for some time, found the cottage in which he lived at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bushfire at Bellingen Threatened the Hospital
Many volunteers with the fire brigade fought a bushfire on Friday, which threatened the hospital, the new nurses' quarters, and several…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →False Alarm of Fire
At about 3.56 o'clock this morning the Fire Brigade received a call through the telephona exchange to the corner of Williams and lodide streets…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in Coal Dump Spontaneous Combustion Cause of the Outbreak Melbourne
A. huge dum[?] of brown coal containing about 30,000 tons which. is held as a reserve at the powerhouse at Yallourn caught fire through spontaneous…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Late This Afternoon at Trembath's Stables
Shortly before 5 o'clock this afternoon a fire broke out at the racing establishment of C. Trembath in Wolfram-street with the result that only…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Cummins-street
On Saturday night at 8.55 o'clock the Central Fire Brigade received a call from the corner of Oxide and Morgan streets. On arrival it was found…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Fire in Sydney Heavy Damage Reported Sydney
Heavy damage was caused by a fire, which broke out in Chancery Chambers. Phillip-street. Sydney, early on Sunday morning. The whole ground…
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