Bush Fire
A bush fire which threatened serious dimensions broke out to the west of Crookwell on Thursday last, but its onward progress was fortunately…
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Fires & bushfires, 1914
130 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 4 of 7
The Latest. Sydney, Saturday. Destructive Fire
There was a big blaze at the tramway workshops at Randwick early this morning, Practically all the oil stored in tile building and valued about £5000 was destroyed. Spontaneous…
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On Friday night about ten o’clock, just as the flood in the street had subsided the fire-ball rang out, and a rush was made to the tram station…
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The premises in Ellesmere-street occupied by Mr. G. Stacey, junior, and in which a fire occurred on Tuesday night, were insured in the South British Insurance for £300, and the…
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At about a quarter to eleven on Tuesday night a fire occurred at a cottage in Ellesmere-street, occupied by Mr. George Stacey, railway employee. Mrs. Stacey and a girl named Georgie,…
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Dombay, April 7.—Two further cotton fires have occurred. One of them was extinguished after damage to the extent of £40,000 had been done, but the other is still burning, and already…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Neglect of Fire. a Burrowa Case
Before His llonor Judge Scholes in Young District Court; on wednesday [?] inst, Alfred D. Coble claimed £200 from John [?]yens for damages caused…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fires in India. Calcutta, April 8
The authorities have no clue to the reason for the epidemic of fires at Calcutta. A large portion of the new market, including two valuable sheds crammed with goods, was…
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Yass, Wednesday.—At Burrinjuck to-day two dwellings, one unoccupied and the other tenanted by Mr. Carr, were totally destroyed by fire. Another unoccupied house was partly destroyed…
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Some lime early on Sunday morning a fire broke out at the Bendick Morrell railway station, and It and its contents were demolished. When…
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At Burrinjuck on Wednesday, two wellings, one unoccupied and the ther tenanted by Mr. Carr, were totally destroyed by fire. Another…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegrams Sydney, Monday. FIRE
A large building in Sussex-street, in which three firms carried on business, was partly destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at over £1000…
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A fire occurred in a front bedroom at Mr. Roy Wheatley's residence in Eldon-street shortly before half-past eleven on Sunday night necessitating the calling up of the brigade…
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A fire swept a block of buildings covering 2½ acres in the Plaza Echaurren last night. As far as is known 40 persons were burnt to death…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Sea. Rescue of Survivors. Halifax (Nova Scotia), May 5
It transpires that the vessel which was reported to be on fire at sea off Sable Island on Sunday was the British steamer Columbia. The vessel left London on April 16, and having…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegrams. Sydney, Monday. Fire at Woolloomooloo
A house occupied by Mr. B. Christy, Woolloomooloo, was destroyed by fire early this morning. The outbreak was due to the overturning of a kerosene lamp. The inmates…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Poetry of the Week. My Friend, the Fire
I love to sit when all is hushed And gaze in fancy free, Into the fire, whose ruddy glow, Seems in its kindly warmth to show,…
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Shortly before half-past nine on Wednesday morning the Fire Brigade was called to the business premises of Mr. Charles Waugh, in Auburn-street, where a fire had broken out…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Fire Brigade. New Alarm System
As was briefly mentioned in an issue of this journal some time ago, a new system of fire alarms is to be instituted at the local fire station. The alarms, together with a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Latest. Sydney, Monday. Fire at a Government House
Government House at Auckland was partly destroyed by fire this morning, the damage being estimated at several thousands of pounds. The Earl of Liverpool and party, including Sir…
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