A Record in Fires
A statement Just issued shows that during the present month 240 fires broke out in the city and suburbs, the total for the year being '1100, beating all previous years'…
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Fires & bushfires, 1911
533 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 27 of 27
Children on Fire. London, Thursday afternoon
A child, while attempting to light a cigarette in a room adjoining a picture palace, at Chesterfield, fired a group of children dressed in muslin and cotton wool…
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One of the largest fires that have occurred in the country districts of the State took place in Narrabri West in the small hours of Thursday morning, and destroyed…
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A fire broke out early this morning in the washhouse of Thomas Elliott and Co., Ltd., woolscourers, Springvale, Botany. The works are spread over three acres of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Narrabri West. Business Portion of Town Destroyed. Damage Estimated at £20,000. Some Sensational Experiences. Narrabri
NARRABRI WEST was startled shortly after midnight last night by an alarm of fire. Two railway employees were proceeding to work,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest News by Telegraph. Sydney, Friday afternoon, More Population. The mall steamer Malwa arrived from London this morning with 390 passengers. Fire Brigade Salaries
The New South Wales Fire Brigade Board has decided upon an all round increase in salaries from the New Year…
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Messrs. Hewltson, Hickey, and Co.'s sawmills, and S. Bayliss's residence, at Glen Innes were burnt to the ground on Wednesday, as the result of bush fires…
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A fire of a disastrous nature occurred at Milthorpe in the early hours of Wednesday morning, when the premises occupied by Messrs. Edwin James & Co., general…
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A fifth death has taken place at Chesterfield, as the result of the fire at a picture show…
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London Thursday.—A child, was attempting to light a cigarette in a room adjoining a picture palace at Chesterfield, when he set fire, to a group of children who…
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The great forest fires that raged in parts of the United States and Canada during the last summer were the clause not only of the loss of millions of dollars' worth of…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fire at Narrabri West. Business Portion of Town Destroyed
Narrab[?] West was started sliortly arter midnight on Wednesday by an alarm of fire. Two railway employees were proceeding to work, when they discovered…
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A fire was discovered in Parker's Hall Narrabri West, on Wednesday night. The alarm was given by two railway employees, who aroused the residents…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Brigades' Expenditure. Wages to be Increased. (By Telegraph). Sydney
The Board of Fire Commissioners have decided upon an all round increase in the salaries of the men of the New South Wales Fire Brigades…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Fire at Botany. Damage Estimated at £15,000. Sydney
A fire broke out early this morning in the wash-house of Thomas Elliott and Co., Limited, wòlscourers, Springvale, Botany…
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