Fire Bombs
From the Eiffel Tower this morning, before M. Rene. Quinton, president of the National Aerial League, M. Lebiane, representing the Aero Club and others, successful…
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Fires & bushfires, 1914
559 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 17 of 28
Barque on Fire. Sydney
A telegram received this afternoon states that the barque Svenor, bound from Frementle to Newcastle, is on fire off the west coast of Tasmania…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Forest Fire. Immense flame Area. London
A terrible forest fire has been raging in the provine of Kilarmi (Japan.) There is an area of 360 square miles of flame. Thirteen people have already…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Queensland Fire. Man Burned to Death
A big fire occurred at Nambour (Q.) at an early hour on Sunday morning. Four shops and the Commercial Hotel were completely destroyed. The hotel yardman,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mysterious Fire
A fire occurred early this morning in a confectionery shop in Oxford-street. The flames were speedily subdued, but the damage done is estimated at about £500. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →False Fire Alarm
At the Parramatta Police Court a man named Stanmore Alphanso Lassan was sent to goal for a month on a charge of having wrongfully called out the local fire brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Country Fire. £5000 Damage at Delungra
The biggest fire in the history of the village of Delungra near Inverell, occurred early on Monday morning, by which a valuable block of wooden buildings, known as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Cotton Fire. Bombay
The fortieth fire since the 23rd March has occurred, and destroyed 16,000 bales of cotton…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Destructive Fire. Whole Block Destroyed
Another disastrous fire, the second within a fortnight occurred early on Monday morning at Delungra, 18 miles from inverell…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Wickham. Damage at a Sawmill. Newcastle
A fire broke out this morning at Messrs. Armstrong and Royce's sawmill at Wickham. A considerable quantity of machinery was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Escape From Fire Women Save Two Men
Almost overcome by heat and smoke, Miss Edith Cole and Miss Dorothy Howe awakened the other inmates o9f a burning shop in Oxford-street, Sydney, early…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →False Fire Alarm Gaol for a Month
At the Parramatta Police Court on Tuesday a man named Stanmore Alphonso Lassan was sent to gaol for a month on a charge of having…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Fire
At an early hour on Saturday morning a fire broke out in a store situated on the Wollombi Road, and occupied by Mr Dann. The building…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Fire
At an early, hour on Saturday morning a fire broke out in a store situated on the Wollombi Road, and occupied by Mr Dann. The building…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Embankment on Fire
A railway embankment which was constructed between Ben Bullen and Cullen Bullen 35 years ago with material from a seam of coal and two seams of shale has caught fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on the Waimate. Much Damage. London, Thursday evening
The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Waimate a few days ago put in at Port Stanley, Falkland Islands, because the flax in her cargo was on fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Fire. Sydney
A disastrous fire occurred at 4 o'clock this morning at Rawson-street, Auburn resulting in three shops and a dwelling being completely gutted. The damage is estimated…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Fires. Railway Station Burnt. Detroit (Mich.), May 29
Fire destroyed Fort-street, Union Railway Station, Forty-seven people, including passengers firemen, and policemen, narrowly escaped death. Dense smoke overwhelmed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Queensland Fire. Man Burned to Death
A big fire occurred at Nambour (Q.) at an early hour on Sunday morning. Four shops and the Commercial Hotel were completely destroyed. The hotel yardman…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Big Country Fire. £5000 Damage at Delungra
The biggest fire in the history of the village of Delungra, near Inverell, occurred early on Monday morning, by which a valuable block of wooden buildings, known as…
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