Fire in Sydney
A fire was discovered early this morning in a building at the rear of the Beaumont Coffee Palace in Market-street. As soon as the alarm was given the boarders were awakened, and the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1911
533 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 22 of 27
Barque in Distress. Coal Cargo on Fire
The barque Concordia, bound from Swansea to Balin. With a cargo of coal, put into Fremantle unexpectedly in distress. She left Swansea on July 16, and…
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While the turret ship Suffren (12,527 tons) was about, to leave Toulon yesterday morning the magazine bulkhead was found to be heated, a fire having broken out in…
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The list of big Sydney fires was further added to last night by an outbreak in Morfoot-buildings, a seven-storied building, in Parker-street, Haymarket. The building was…
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A fire broke out at the rear of the Russian concession, and destroyed, acres of Chinese houses and several large go-downs…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cessnock Shire Council. Fire Rate Difficulty
The Cessnock Shire Council is in a peculiar position respectin the rating of the fire districts of Kurri and Cessnock. At the beginning of the present year they struck a rate…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Terrible Tragedy. Woman and Daughter Shot. Assailant Shoots Himself. House Set on Fire. Quirindi
A terrible tragedy occurred yesterday afternoon at about 4 p.m., near Glen Moan Station, the property of Mr. J. C. Manchee. The…
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A serious fire, which at one time threatened to destroy the whole of the business portion of Crow's Nest, broke out at midnight, as a result of which four shops in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A City Blaze. (By Telegraph). Sydney
The list of big city fires was further added to last night by an outbreak in Morfoot-buildings, a seven-storied building, in Parkor-street, Haymarket. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fires in Hankow. Hankow, Oct. 24
The wild fire of the gunboats at Hankow during the recent fighting there caused a number of conflagrations…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →French Navy. Further Fires on Battleships. London, Oct. 27
Reuter's Toulon correspondent reports that owing to electrical short circuits fires occurred near the magazines of the battleships Diderot and Justice, and also on a torpedoer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Barque in Distress. Coal Cargo on Fire
The barque Concordia. bound from Swansea to Balla Balla, with a cargo or coal, put into Fremantle unexpectedly in distress. She loft Swansea on July 1.6, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The French Navy. Another Warship Fire. Paris, Oct. 24
While the turret ship Suffren (12,52 tons) was about to leave Toulon yesterday morning the magazine bulkhead was found be heated, a fire having broken out…
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A fire occurred this morning on premises In Day—street, city, occupied by three different people. The outbreak was speedily subdued. The damage is estimated at about £500. …
Continued on Trove, page 5 →French Warship Fires. (By Cable). Paris
An inquiry has been made into the circumstances connected with the recent fire near the magazine of the warship Justice. Investigations have proved that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire on a Warship. Paris, Oct. 30
The magazine of the warship Justice which was partly flooded, contained a shell showing sings of combustion Several grains of powder had begun to ignite…
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On Saturday afternoon a fire broke out in Campbell and Co.'s yard in some rubbish that was merely the accumulation of a day it being the custom of the establishment to…
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Some old stables at the rear of the Family Motel caught fire on Sunday night, and were burned. Fortunately the fire was discovered soon after starting, and prevented…
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A fire swept the Chinese quarters at Manilla, causing damage estimated at a million dollars (£250,000). American soldiers assisted in saving the business district…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in a Coliery. Outbreak in Wallsend C Pit. Newcastle, Friday afternoon
The Wallsend Coal Company's C pit at Wallsend was thrown idle to-day by the occurrence of a fire in the workings. As soon as the outbreak was discovered all the employees and…
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