Fires Menace S.A. TOWN Saved By Change In Wind ADELAIDE
Burning fiercely in thickly timbered country last night, two fires versing on the township threatened Kersbrook, 22 miles, north-west of…
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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
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Burning fiercely in thickly timbered country last night, two fires versing on the township threatened Kersbrook, 22 miles, north-west of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A second attempt to burn down the Mirrool House Barracks, the scene of Sunday night's spectacular blaze, occurred last night. During the interval…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dancers from the village of Canonbie (Scotland) played the role of fire fighters after the local constable had dragged an unconscious woman of 73…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →''I heard a man say 'Jack, give me some matches.' I called out from my bed to him to go away. When I awoke again the bedroom…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Serious bushfires are raging in the Tumbarumba and Holbrook districts, where graziers have suffered heavy losses…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Senior Fireman W. Dryden from the Sydney headquarters of the fire Brigade has been appointed to succeed Sub-station Officer Stephenson, who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →'A terrific explosion wrecked and set fire to a lavender distillery factory at Mitcham, Surrey, at 7 o'clock this morning, killing a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →At 12.20 o'clock this morning a citizen called at the door of the Central Fire Station and informed the firemen on duty that there…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Saturday.—A fire guited the Palace Hall at Scarborough carly this morning, threatening the Presbyterian Church and a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Saturday.—A fire gutted the Palace Hall at Scarborough early this morning, threatening the Presbyterian Church and a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mrs. Ada Darke and her two children Henry (11) and Connie (6) escaped from their buming home at Long Bay early this morning. Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The police have gathered evidence which strengthens the theory that Albert Voss, a Manchester business man, set fire to the City of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Between 400 and 500 people assembled in Blende-street near the Central Fire Station at 10 o'clock this morning and witnessed Sally, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Further remissions for prisoners at the Kyeema camp for stopping a fire which occured in the Willunga district recently, were announced…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Thursday.—During the height of a gale at Tweed Heads four business premises were destroyed by fire. The windows of other shops…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MEXICO CITY, April 5.— Five whole business blocks in the heart of the city of Tegucigalpa, capital of the Republic of Honduras, were wiped…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The local fire brigade engine has been brought into the fight against the briquette dump fire, and an eightinch water main is being laid to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The local fire brigade engine has been brought into the fight against the briquette dumo fire, and an eightinch water main is being laid to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A prompt response by the Central Fire Brigade at 11.7 o'clock last night saved from destruction the old Blende-street Methodist Church…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →While heavy rain, heralded by loud thunder claps pelted down in Adelaide to-day bushflres raged in the Wirrabara, Manoora, and Hilltown…
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