Fire on Steamer. Damage on the Leitrim. London, Jan. 5
News comes from Malta that the steamer Leitrim, bound to Dunkirk and London from Rockhampton and Brisbane, reports a fire on the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1924
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Big Fire in Queensland
A message from Nambour (Q.) states that the most disastrous tire in the history of that town occurred on Saturday night, 16 building in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Disastrous Queensland Fire 16 Shops Destroyed
The town of Nambour (Q.) was the scene of the most destructive fire in the history of the north coast area, on Saturday night last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire on Steamer. Passeengers' Loss of Luggage. Sydney
Many passengers who arrived in Sydney by the mail steamer Moldavia were heavy losers as a result of the fire which broke out in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Well in Hand. London, Jan. 8
The dock fire was still burning this morning, but is well in hand. Ten fire engines and 100 firemen are still working and it is hoped to suppress…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →London Dock Fire Record for Half-century. Flooded Streets. LONDON, Jan. 7
The biggest London dock fire for half a centiuv broke out at Poplar this afternoon. A large warehouse stocked with rubber,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires. Brigades Busy in Sydney. Sydney
Bush fires were again raging around Sydney before ten o'clock this morning, and the firemen received many calls…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Flats. Blaze at Waverley. Sydney
Palmerston studio, an old building standing in spacious grounds at the foot of Dixon-st., Waverley, which had been converted into a block of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gaol Fires. Incendiarism Suspected at Pentridge
Another mysterious fire outbreak occurred at Pentridge Gaol, Melbourne, but was extinguished quickly. The authorities are perturbed at the outbreak…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire on Dunolly Bridge
About 3.30 p.m. yesterday the local fire brigade received a call for a fire on Dunolly bridge. The firemen found that the outbreak had occurred on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fierce Fires. in Sydney and Suburbs. Furniture Factory Gutted
No fewer than fifty-five calls were received for fires in the metropolitan area from 9 a.m. up to midnight on Wednesday, Well over a thousand acres…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bridge on Fire Damage at Dunolly. Singleton
A fire-occurred on the footway of Dunolly Bridge yesterday afternoon. Some four feet of the decking about the centre of the bridge was charred,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Extensive Damage. New Zealand Fire. Wellington (N.z.)
A fire in a shop at the Woolston Tanneries caused £35,000 damage. Despite a high wind the fire brigade succeeded in keeping the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dubbo Fire. Poor Water Pressure. Damage Runs Into Thousands
Extensive damage was done by a fire which broke out in the garage and rubber works of Laverack Bros., Macquarie-street, Dubbo. Owing to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire-fighter's Eloquence
When, after long years of service, the captain of the village fire brigade announced his intention of retiring, the local greengrocer organised a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Chimney on Fire
Shortly after 8 o'clock last evening the West Maitland Fire Brigade received a call to the premises of James Wolstenholme, Limited, in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sixty Fires. Firemen's Busy Day. Anxious Time in Sydney Suburbs
Sixty outbreaks of fire on Thursday in Sydney and suburbs, following on the almost equally numerous conflagrations of the previous day, made the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Loss. Picture Films Destroyed. Fire in Brisbane
Motion picture films valued at £50,000, went up in flames in premises in Adelaide-street, Brisbane, occupied by the Fox Film Corporation…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in Flats. Blaze at Waverley. Sydney
Palmerston studio, an old building, standing in spacious grounds at the foot of Dixon-st., Waverley, which had been converted into a block of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gaol Fires. Incendiarism Suspected at Pentridge
Another mysterious fire outbreak occurred at Pentridge Gaol, Melbourne, but was extinguished quickly. The authorities are perturbed at the outbreak…
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