Fire in Sydney. Factory Gutted
Reid's box factory and timber yard, in Playfair-lane, Sydney, were destroyed by a fire which broke out about six o'clock on Wednesday evening, and considerable damage…
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Fires & bushfires, 1913
580 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 26 of 29
Fire in a Motor Car
A motor car, for the conveyance of passengers, Ii run dally to and from Merriwa by Mr. H. E. Sternback, of this town, and when returning to Muswellbrook on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Little Hero. Brave Rescue From a Fire
The heroism of Joseph Black, twelve years of age, saved a three-year-old girl from being burned to death on Friday night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in a Mine. About £10,000 Damage
A disastrous fire broke out at the Burraga Copper mine between 4 and 5 o'clock on Saturday afternoon, the cause, it is thought, being sparks from the box of the wood drawing…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Battleship's Narrow Escape. Fire on the Lord Nelson. Gibraltar, Nov. 24
The battleship Lord Nelson narrowly escaped destruction recently. An overturned candle set fire to a quantity of oakum, and the flames spread to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fight with Fire and Storm. Tragic Epic of S.s. Volturno. Triumph Ok Wireless Telegraphy
"An appalling tragedy of the sea overshadows the grave political discussions of the day," says the London "Daily Telegraph" in a very dramatic leading article…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Destructive Fire
Millar's boot factory, Collingwood. Melbourne was destroyed by fire early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Neotsfield
A fire occurred at Neotsfield on Friday by which two sheds of hay, containing somewhere in the neighbourhood of 50 tons, were destroyed. The cause of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Brigade Officer Assaulted
Five men attached to the Paddington fire station have been dismissed in connection with an assault on District-officer Corkihill, who, on November 22, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Bush Fires. Crops Destroyed. Wheat Reduced to Cinders
Devastating bush-fires have been racing since Sunday along the Obley-road. Dubbo. Serious and wide-spread damage has been done to farmers and settlers in the track…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Suspicious Fires
A fire at Bradford last night destroyed a pile of warehouses, the damage being estimated at £60,000. There have been Several fires in the town during the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bush Fires. Crops Destroyed
The fire-fiend is once again at large in the bush, and farmers in the west and south of the State, as well as in Queensland, are reported to be fighting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Broke
A serious fire occurred at Broke about 10 o'clock yesterday morning, when two large haystacks, together with implement shed and stables, were destroyed. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Broke. Singleton
Alfred Collins, a farmer at Broke, sus-tained a heavy loss yesterday, when two big haystacks with stables and implement shed were destroyed by fire. The loss is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lodging House Fire. Great Mortality. Boston
Fire destroyed a lodging house at the south end of the city. Numbers of men and women who jumped into the nets were saved. One Swede leaped from the top…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An Oxford Fire. Blaze at Jesus College. London, Dec. 4
The upper portion of Jesus College. Oxford, was destroyed by fire early this morning. All the undergraduites escaped. The fire was due to a defective flue…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Big Fire
The Paragon bone mills at Alexandria were destroyed by fire early this morning, the damage being estimated at £20,000. The mills covered over an acre of ground,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Bush Fires. Crops Destroyed
Devastating bush-fires have been raging since Sunday along the Obley-road, Dubbo. Serious and wide-spread damage has been done to farmers and settlers in the track…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Cheerful Blaze. Its Merits and Defects
Australia has followed the English custom of heating houses by fires instead of hot air —much to the disgust of American visitors, who complain of perpetual colds in the head…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in Boston
Boston, Thursday.—A fire destroyed a lodging house at the south end of the city. Hundreds of men and women were saved by jumping into life-nets. A…
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