Fire at Redfern Factory
Damage, estimated at £3000, was caused by fire at the factory of the Sydney Bedding Company, Redfern, on Thursday afternoon. The fire broke…
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Fires & bushfires, 1926
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Swept by Fire. Queensland State Forest
The Breamer State hardwood forest, in the Dalby district (Q.) was swept by fire yesterday afternoon, having been threatened by surrounding bush…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Brigades. the Amending Bill. Petersham Alderman Perturbed
The proposed reconstitution of the Board of Fire Commissioners, as set south in the Fire Brigades Amendment Bill, was discussed by the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Suspicious Fire. Damage at Burnie. Burnie (Tas.)
The police are enquiring into a suspicious fire which destroyed two shops in the main street of Waratah. Earlier in the night, two other…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Muswellbrook School of Arts Building. Considerable Damage. Muswellbrook
Shortly after 3 o'clock this morning a five started in the back portion of the School of Arts buildings, which front Bridge and William streets, in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grass Fires.—
A large quantity of grass on the southern side of the Merriwa railway line was destroyed by fire on Saturday afternoon. The fire was started…
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On [?] of the Fire Brigade were called into requisition to extinguish all outbreak of fire in the grass at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Queensland State Forest Swept by Fire
The Breamer State hardwood forest, in the Dalby district (Q.), was swept by fire at the week end, having been threatened by surrounding bush [?]res…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Fire. Tobacco Factory Damaged. London, Nov. 1
Damage amounting to £150,000 was caused by a fire at the British-American Tobacco Company's factory at Southampton. Five hundred persons…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Racing Stable Burnt Two Fires Within a Week (By Cable.) Wellington (NZ.)
Twelve trotting horses were extricated with difficulty when a fife, the second within a week, burnt down a racing stable at Belfast, near Christchureh…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The School of Arts Fire. Brigade Captain Denies Rumor
Mr. Walter Jaeger, Captain of the Muswellbrook Fire Brigade, denies a rumor that when the School of Arts fire occurred the water was not laid…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Electric Train Fire Due to Short Circuit. Sydney
A fire which broke out on an electric train car at the Central railway station this morning, owing to a short circuit, damaged the roof of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fires in the Hawkesbury District
Fierce bush fires were raging yesterday round the Hawkesbury River and its tributaries, and a heavy pall of smoke enveloped the whole…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gloucester Fire. School of Arts Destroyed
The School of Arts, the largest building in Gloucester, was destroyed by fire early on Tuesday. The building contained a large library, two…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fires Hawkesbury District
Fierce bush fires were raging on Tuesday round the Hawkesbury River and its tributaries, and a heavy pall of smoke enveloped the whole district…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Extensive Damage. Blaze in Melbourne
Valuable tools, patterns, and a number of wooden dies, which are said to have been almost irreplaceable, were destroyed by a fire, which broke…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gloucester Another Fire
Gloucester School of Arts was totally destroyed by fire on Tuesday morning early, the origin of the fire being unknown. Gloucester's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trapped by Fire. Outbreak Under Hotel Stairway. Clergyman's Ordel
A fire which broke out in a lumber room beneath the main stairway of the Orient Hotel, at the corner of Bourke and Swanston streets,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Stanhope. Bush Fire
The residents of Mitchell's Flat and the surrounding district have suffered much anxiety since Tuesday last, through bush fires. A spark…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fires. in the Hawkesbury District
Fierce bush files were raging yesterday round the Hawkesbury River and its tributaries and a heavy pall of smoke enveloped the whole…
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