Fire at Adelaide. Furniture Factory Destroyed. (By Telegraph.) Adelaide
At one o'clock this morning R. J. Buttery's furniture factory at Kent Town was destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at several thousand…
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Fires & bushfires, 1914
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Fire at Racing Stables Horses Badly Burned. Valuable Mare Destroyed. (By Cable.) Wellington (N.Z.)
A fire broke out at the Harp of Erin racing stables, Ellerslie (a suburb of Auckland) last night. The boxes containing the race horses…
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Robinson's motor garage at Kempsey was practically destroyed by fire early this morning. Six care were burnt, but £2000 worth of new tyres and accessories was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Fire at Pilliga. Sawmills Destroyed
A disastrous fire occurred at Pilliga on Christmas Eve, when the sawmills, the property of Mr. G. J. Saunders, were totally destroyed, together with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Destructive Fire. Thousands of Pounds Damage. Women's Sensational Escape. Sydney
Mrs. Ethel Shawcross, who was stopping with friends at Darling Point, imagining that a burglar had broken into the house, got out of bed about one o'clock this…
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An extensive fire broke out in the Pine Dene district, Narromine, on Saturday, as the result of a tree being struck by lightning. The outbreak occurred…
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The fusing of an electric wire on the first floor of the Sunshine Harvester Buildings, George-street, City, resulted in a fire which did considerable damage to that floor, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Portsmouth Dockyard Fire
The enquiry into the Portsmouth dockyard fire, resulted in an open verdict, the evidence being insufficient to indicate the origin…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Kempsey. Six Motor Cars Destroyed. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
A fire occurred at Robinson's motor garage early this morning, six cars being destroyed. iTho damage is estimated at £4000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Darling Point Suspicious People Seen About. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
The two-storeyed residence of Mr. C Wilke, 64 Darling Point-road, was burnt out at aibput 2.30 o'clock this morning…
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Further particulars of big bush fires at Dora Dora, on the Upper Murray, show that the outbreak lasted over a week, and was one of the most serious ever experienced…
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A fire, attributed to incondiarism, destroyed the laboratory and gymnasium of St. Paul's Training College, Cheltenham. The damage is estimated at £6000…
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Smith's training stables at Gisborne (N.Z.), were destroyed by fire, and the racehorses Aldgown, Tribunal, and Lookshy perished…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Bush Fires
Advices received in regard to the bush fire at Dora Dora, on the Upper Murray, show that the outbreak is one of the most serious recorded in that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fires and Water Supply South Maitland District
At a meeting of the Hunter District Water and Sewerage Board at Newcastle on Monday, a report from the board engineer was read in regard to recent fires in south…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Big Fire. Boarding-house Burnt
Late on Saturday night a large boarding house, the Cheaten de Bellevue, Brown-street and Glenmore-road, Paddington, was destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Fire at Greta. Cottage and Contents Destroyed
A four-roomed wood cottage, with out-houses, in North-street, Greta, owned and occupied by Mr. Ernest Childs, was destroyed by fire on Saturday evening. Heavy volumes…
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About half-past 1 o'clock this morning a fire occurred at No. 208 Crown-street, Sydney, at the residence of James Campbell. The fire was caused by the upsetting of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Destructive Fire. Thousands of Pounds Damage. Sydney
Mrs. Ethel Shawcross who was stopping with friends at Darling Point imagining that a burglar had broken into the house got out of bed about one o'clock this…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →British Barque Burned. Fire at Sea. (By Cable.) London
The British barque Battle Abbey has been abandoned at sea afire[?] She was on her way from Vancouver to Newcastle, N.S.W…
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