Big Botany Fire. Wool Store Destroyed
SYDNEY, Friday.--The large wool store and scouring works of Swinbourne and Stephens at Botany was destroyed by fire last night…
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Fires & bushfires, 1924
286 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 14 of 15
Big Fire at Botany
The two-storied wool stcre covering about a third of an acre at the Rotary wool-scoaring works or Messrs. Swinbourne and Stephens,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire at Canton Honkong
The naval authorities have received a wireless message from Canton stating that a large fire raged all day yesterday, but is now under control…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Theatre Burnt Down. Big Newtown Blaze
SYDNEY, Tuesday.-- The Rivali picture threatre at Newtown was completely gutted by fire at midnight. The damage runs into thousands of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boarding House Fire. Girl Burnt to Death
MELBOURNE, Friday.--Mavis Hyland, 6, was burned to death during a fire in a boarding house at Tempy late last night. Her brother…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Narromine
Sydney. Tuesday.-- A fire at Narromine last night gutted nice shops in the principal business centre of the town. The damage is estimated…
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A disastrous. fire occurred this morning in Dandaloo-street, Narromine, nine shops being completely gutted. The fire is believed to have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Signal Branch Some Records Destroyed
The offices of the signal branch at the Sydney railway yards caught fire early this morning. The ceiling and fittings were damaged, and some…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Big Fire at Merrylands
Damage amounting to about £65,000 was caused by a fire which Lroke out in Goodlet and Smith's [?]e factory at Merrylands on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cottage on Fire Inmates Narrow Escape
Awakening with a choking sensation at their home at Campsie last night, George Hutchinson and his wife found their room full of smoke, and portion…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Big Fire in N.Z. Crowds Watch Flames
Wellington (N.Z.) Thursday.—The premises of Harold Brown and Company, wine and spirit merchants, at Lambton Quay, were destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Japan Thousands Killed and Injured TOKYO
Two thousand one hundred and thirty were killed and injured as the result of a fire which this morning consumed over six hundred…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Big City Fire £30,000 Damage
The big four-storey warehouse of Edison Swan Electric Company Ltd., Clarence-street, was burnt out early this morning. The fire was not…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →When You Cause a Fire What Carelessness Costs
A person who negligently causes a fire is liable for the damage it may cause. For example, a woman living la a boarding-house has an electric…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Big Fire in Adelaide Damage About £80,000
Adelaide (S.A.), Wednesday.—Further particulars of the fire at Richards Building, in Currie-street, on Monday night show that the damage…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in Stables
A fire occurred on Saturday night at W. Booth's racing station at Rose. hill, and six horses, trapped in their burning stalls, narrowly escaped…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Council Now in C. OF C. Line of Fire Various Requests
The Goulburn Chamber of Commerce is apparently tired of hammering away at the Government to have its pet schemes carried out. It is now…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegrams Big New Zealand Fire Firemen's Vain Efforts Auckland (N.z.)
Turther details of the fire which destroyed Guthrie's warehouse show that when discovered the fire had a firm hold on the vast quantities of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Narrow Escape Shop on Fire
The occupier of a grocer's shop in Oxford street Paddington, with his wife and two small children, had a narrow escape this morning when a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Danger of Bush Fires
The Commonwealth Meteorologisc (Mr. H. A. Hunt) forsees in the present prolific growth of grass a danger of bush fires later on…
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