Disastrous Fire. Big Blaze at Roma
At Roma (Q.), a block of buildings comprising five shops was completely destroyed by fire, and damage estimated over £13,000 was done…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1926
970 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 36 of 49
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 5 →Cottage Destroyed. Disastrous Blaze at Singleton. Singleton
A six-roomed weatherboard cottage and kitchen in High-street, was destroyed by the fire between 9 and 10 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Factory Fire. Damage at Redfern
A fire which broke out in the factory of the Sydney Bedding Company, Redfern on Thursday proved extremely difficult to extinguish when…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Muswellbrook. School of Arts Fire
Fires are of such rare occurrence in Muswellbrook that the outbreak at the School of Arts on [?] ultime, has naturally been the…
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 →Swept by Fire. Quensland 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 9 →Fire Brigades' Bill. Petition From Insurance Companies
In the Legislative Council, Mr. Boyce presented a petition from certain insurance companies in New South Wales, requesting that…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →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 2 →Electric Train Fire Due to Short Circuit. Sydney
A fire which broke out on an election train car at the Central railway station this morning, owing to a short circuit damaged the roof of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Blaze. Benzine and Kerosene. Sydney
The premises of the Vacuum Oil Co., at Noumea, were totally destroyed by fire yesterday, together with 15,000 cases of benzine and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stanford Merthyr Fire
A four-roomed, unoccupied cottage, furnished, recently occupied by Mr. John Germyn, a miner, formerly employed at Stanford Merthyr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Coal Stack. Damage at Port Waratah
An outbreak of fire in a 12,000-ton stock of coal at the Port Waratah railway depot was discovered at six o'clock on Sunday evening near the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fires. Homesteads in Danger. Melbourne
A serious bush fire menaced plantations and homestends at Inglewood yesterday, but a lucky change in the wind removed the danger. Heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Scone
A fire was discussed in the premises of Garside and Company, general storekeepers, Scone, on Monday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Fire at Temora
Yesterday morning fire destroyed the stores of James Thomas, Ltd., at Temere, causing damage of approximately £30,000. The outbreak was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in High Street
Between. 9 and 10 o'clock on Friday night the Fire Brigade received a call to a fire in High-street. The scene of the conflagration was a six-roomed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Fire. £10,000 Damage. Sydney
A fire which broke out in the premises of Rasmusson. Wyatt and Brotchie, Ltd., coopers, at Mascot, shortly after midnight, caused…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Coal Stack Big Fight by Brigades
Fighting a mass of bames for many hours on Sunday evening, fire brigades succeeded in extinguishing a blaze that endangered 12,000 tons of Public Works…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Near Warren. Large Area Swept. Sydney
A travelling canvasser was boiling his billy in a paddock between Warren and Neevertire, when the grass caught alight, and swept 9000 acres…
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