A Steamer on Fire. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
A private cable has been received at Sydney, stating that the steamer Waipara, with a carge of frozen meat from Brisbane for London, caught fire in…
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Fires & bushfires, 1912
581 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 19 of 30
Big Blaze at Henty. £11,000 Damage
About three o'clock on Tuesday morning a fire broke out in Mr. Dakin's store at Henty, which, together with contents, was rapidty destroyed. Other promises were also burnt…
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A fire broke out at half-past 11 on Tuesday, morning in a building used as a cottage, also a stable, in M'Phielane, owned by Mr. Maloney, licensec of the Imperial…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire on Board a Steamer. The Fusing of Wires. (By Telegraph). Sydney
Owing to the fusing of electric wires, a fire broke out early this morning in the refrigerating room of the steamship Levuka…
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Some new bylaws made in pursuance of power conferred by the Fire Brigades Act, 1909, have, now been gazetted. One of these bylaws…
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A fire was discovered about two o'clock on Wednesday afternoon in a drive in the Centennial district No. 1 tunnel of "Wallsend colliery by a deputy, who was going…
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A four-roomed weatherboard cottage with its contents was totally destroyed by fire yesterday morning, in Catherine-street, O'Brien's subdivision, Cessnock. The house was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in a Colliery Using Naked Lights. Sydney
A small outbreak of fire occurred in a tunned at the Wallscnd Colliery on Wednesday afternoon, and the affected area was scaled off. It has since been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Serious Fire. in London Telegraph Office. London, Aug. 25
The fusing of a wire in a test-box at the General Post Office yesterday paralysed thousands of other wires, and the loss of power interrupted communications with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Forest Fires in Ferance
London, Sunday.—Serious forest fires are raging in the Hyeres district of Southern France, and the sanatoria are threatened. Bodies of 150 soldiers and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at London G.P.O. (By Cable.) London
A fire has occurred at the G.P.O.S[?] Martin's le Grand. The damage done, though considerable, was confined to the inside of the building…
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We are informed that shortly after midnight on Saturday a fire broke out in the premises occupied by Mr. H. Gurran, Bridge Street. It appears…
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The Moor-lane fire on Tumidity evening was out in. than three-quarters if an hour. and did little damage to the building, but it cost eight women's lives. Moor-lane, a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disastrous Fire at Adelaide. Rope Works Destroyed. Adelaide
A disastrous fire occurred at the rope and nail works in Adelaide this morning. The whole premises were gutted all the machinery destroyed, and the place was absolutely…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Serious Fire. in London Telegraph Office. London, Aug. 25
The fusing of a wire in a test-box at the General Post Office yesterday paralysed thousands of other wires, and the loss of power interrupted communications with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Gresford. Gresford, Monday Morning
There was quite a sensation here on Saturday night last when an angry glare in the sky betokened that a big fire was raging…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Fire at Gresford. Butter Factory Destroyed
There was quite a sensation at Gresford on Saturday night last, when an angry glare in the sky betokened that a big fire was raging somewhere. Evervone rushed in the direction…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Fire. Fatalities of Rescuers. Butte, Montana (U.s.a.,)
A disastrous fire wiped out the business district of the city of Butte. A special train that was summoned from Anaconda was derailed while rushing to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Disastrous Fire. Pleasure Resorts Swept. Los Angeles, Sept. 4
A huge conflagration, which started in a defective flue in a cafe on the pleasure pier yesterday, destroyed the chief buildings in the pleasure resorts, Ocean Park, and…
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Sub-District Officer Harper, of the Maitland Fire Brigade, has directed our attention to the new by-laws governing the conduct of business by the Board, of Fire…
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