Fires in Sydney Extensive Damage
The premises of Alexander Smith and Co., ironmongers etc., Pitt-street, Sydney, were practically destroyed by fire at [?] o'clock on Thursday morning. A…
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Fires & bushfires, 1921
435 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 16 of 22
Big Blaze in London. Foodstuffs Destroyed. London, September 5
Forty-five engines and reiver-[?] were engaged for three hours this morning fighting a fire at a warehouse in London docks crammed with…
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Two factories in Boundary-street, Redfern, were severely damaged by_ fire early on Sunday morn ing. The outbreak originated at the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Fire Brigade. Visit of Commissioners. Permanent Staff to Be Reduced
Messrs. E. H. Farrar (chairman), W. Taylor, E. E. Collins, J. Beswick, members of the Board of Fire Commissioners, Chief-Officer N. G…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Gallantry at Fire. London September 11
The Australian Rugby League team gallabtly assisted at a Harrogate hotel fire, They were staying at an adjoining hotel, and turned out early in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Long Distance Gun. Can Fire 300 Miles
Some of the possibilities of a new gun which, it is claimed can be developed to fire a shell weighing 5 tons a distance of 200 to 300 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Destructive Fire
A building at Annandale occupied by H. Squires, boxmaker, was destroyed by fire early this morning Two adjoining promises were also…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trucks of Chaff on Fire
The spectacle of two trucks of chuff on fire was witnessed at Sandgate early on Tuesday morning. A goods train, on route from Newcastle to Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Twenty Bodies Recovered. Fire Suspected. Cairns
The special representative of the "Cairns Post," telegraphing from Mount Mulligan, states that the traffic mannger, Mr. Hooper, reported…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Brigades. Local Government Decision
The Local Government conference on Wednesday considered the following motion by the Glebe Council:— "That the Premier be urged to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Car Destroyed by Fire
Mr. Sid Wilson, the well known local taxi driver, struck bad luck on Monday evening, when his Studebaker car was totally destroyed by fire. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Twenty Bodies Recovered. Fire Suspected. Cairns
The special representative of the "Cairns Post," telegraphing from Mount Mulligan, states that the traffic manager, Mr. Hooper,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Twenty Bodies Recovered. Fire Suspected. Cairns
The special representative of the "Cairns Post." telegrams from Mount Mulligan, states that the traffic manager, Mr. Hooper, reported…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Groceries Ruined. Fire Does £8000 Damage. Sydney
A fire broke out fills morning on the premises of the Railway and Tramway Employees' Cooperative Society, Knock-street. City…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Agricultural. to Fight Fire. the Wispom of Early Precautions
[?] is approaching—the season [?] each year the fire demon licks [?]ches of crops and grass in this [?] aggregating in value a…
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London, Saturday.—The Paris correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states that when the driver of an express train running to Bordeaux neared Audenge, he…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Agricultural. to Fight Fire. the Wisdom of Early Precautions
Summer is approaching—the season when each year the fire demon licks up stretches of crops and grass in this State aggregating in value a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Setting a River on Fire
The old suggestion of setting the Thames on fire is evidently not such an impossible proceeding as it seems. The River Avon, at West Tiverton…
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News has been received in Sydney of the loss of the Italian ship Monte Blanco in the Pacific, while bound from Newcastle to Genoa with a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Port Augusta. Fire Extinguished. Capetown, Sept. 27
The fire on the Port Augusta is now completely extinguished. The removal of a certain portion of cargo and coal will commence to-day…
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