A Calamitous Fire. London, Jan, 14
A thirteen-story skyscrapaer, known as Parker-building fronting Fifth-avenue, 19th-street, New York, took fire yesterday, and burned for 14 hours. By falling walls three…
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Fires & bushfires, 1908
380 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 19
Youthful Desperados. Fire on a Swagman
Whilst camped on the bank of Vale Creek, near Bathurst. a few night ago. a swagman was attacked by two boys, one of whom was armed with a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Disastrous Fire at Newcastle. Cohen & Co.'s Warehouse Reduced to Ashes. Other Buildups Partially Destroyed. £200,000 Damages. Four Men Injured—one Very Seriously. Damage at Cohen and Co's Estimated £150,000. NEWCASTLE
The most disastrous fire in the history of this city occurred shortly after 3 o'clock this morning, when Messrs. D. Cohen and Co.'s magnificent new warehouse in…
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The news of the great fire at Newcastle naturally aroused great interest in Maitland. The names of "Cohen" is as familiar as a household word in Maitland, and many friends of the firm…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Disastrous Fire at Newcastle. Damage Estimated at £200,000
THE most disastrous fire that has ever taken place at Newcastle, broke out at about three o'clock yesterday morning, resulting in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle's Troubles. Disastrous Fire Damage Estimated at £200,000 Four Men Injured. (By Telegraph). Newcastle
A disastrous fire eccurred about 3 o'clock this morning, when Messrs David Cohen and Co.'s big warehouse, in Scott and Keightlcy streets, together…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Great Fire at Newcastle. Ruin's Fiercely Burning. Some of the Insurances. Assessors at Work. Newcastle
Throughout last night the huge heap of debris that now lies where Messrs. David Cohen and Co.'s handsome and very valuable warehouse proudly stood as late as Sunday, burned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Brisbane
A fire occurred on the premises of the Queensland Brewery Company, in Fortitude Valley, on Monday night. It evidently started in the engine-room on the ground floor of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Fire at Newcastle
ONE of the most disastrous fires in the history of Newcastle occurred on Monday morning, in the block of buildings bounded on the south by Hunter street,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Great Heat Wave. Fires and Heat in Victoria. Town Partly Destroyed
Heavy bush fires are raping in different parts of Victoria, and much damage has brea done to buildings, crops, grass and fencing, while many sheep and cattle have perished…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Latest News by Wire. Sydney. Fire in a Cottage
A large weatherboard cottage at Balmain was partly destroyed by fire this morning. The outbreak is supposed to be due to the careless use of matches…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Newcastle Fire. Cohen and Co's Strong Room Opened. Contents Intact. Newcastle
The neighbourhood of the disastrous fire of Monday last is again enveloped in smoke to-day, but there have been to outbreaks of flame from the debris. All…
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A report from Tilba Tilba states that bush fires havebroken cut simultaneously everywhere. On Monday night the whole of Mount Dromedary was on fire,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fires in Victoria. Forty Miles of Flame. Three laves Lost. Sheep Perish, in Thousands
A bush fire of great magnitude with a face of forty miles was raging in the Edenhope district. Victoria during Monday and Tuesday. This fire…
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Bush fires, increasing the sun heat, have been raging at Gaba Creek, Doonside and Castle's Creek, in the Burrowa district, as well as at Raymond…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bathurst Surrounded by Fire
Bush fires are reported in many parts of the Bathurst district. A very large fire has been burning for some days at Bullock Flat, near Wattle Wlat…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Newcastle Fire. Salvage Work.. Strong-room Resists Fire. Newcastle
This morning the silvers succeeded in clearing away an opening to the strong-room at Cohen's warehouse, which had been destroyed by the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Brisbane Fire. a Brewery Alight
At about 11.15 o'clock on Monday night a serious fire broke out in the Valley Brewery. Brunswick-street. Brisbane." The fire bad evidently started in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Newcastle Fire. Firemen Still Watchful
During Monday night and throughout Tuesday the firemen were engaged pouring water into what remained of D. Cohen and Company's warehouse in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fires in Victoria. Forty Miles of Flame. Three Lives Lost. Sheep Perish in Thousands
A BUSH fire of great magnitude, with a face of forty miles, was raging in the Edenhope district, Victoria, during Monday and Tuesday. The fire had…
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