Cablegrams. London, Tuesday. Big Fire in New York
A most disastrous fire has occurred in New York. The mammoth premises of the Equitable Life Assurance Co., which is located in…
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Fires & bushfires, 1912
46 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 1 of 3
Sugar Plantation on Fire
A disastrous fire is raging on Robb's sugar plantation on the Tweed River. The whole of the cane is threatened with destruction…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Cablegrams. London, Tuesday. Awful Fire in Japan
A disastrous fire has occurred at Osaka, Japan. It broke out in the thickly populated workmen's quarters of the city and spread rapidly…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Disastrous Fire in Japan Sweeping Through Osaka. 1300 Houses Destroyed Tokio, Jan. 16
A disastrous fire is raging in Osaka. Up till the present 1300 houses have been destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →"Fire!" the Bazaar Catastrophe in Paris
All the sellers were very busy in the great charity bazaar in the building erected on its behalf in the Rue Jean Goujon, Paris, on the 4th…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →South Australian Bush Fires Great Damage
The bush fires in the South continued with unabated fierceness on Saturday, and practically the whole of the rich stretch of wattle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heat and Bush Fires. Conditions in Tasmania. Much Damage Done
The temperature in Hobart on Saturday rose to 101, the greatest heat experienced since 1905, with a hot northerly wind. Several cases of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Victoria Barracks
A big fire occurred at the Victoria Barracks this morning. A large storeroom was destroyed, the damage being estimated at £2000…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Another Big Fire in a Country Town
A big fire occurred last night in the town of Germanton in the Albury district. Seven shops, two private dwellings and the newspaper office…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Hero of Eight. Puts Out Fire and Carries Sisters From the House on His Back
"Although you are only a little chap, you acted very bravely, and undoubtedly, if it had not been for you, your two sisters might have…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Country Fires. Repeated Outbreaks in the State
THE repeated outbreaks of extensive tires in New South Wales country towns are beginning to cause some anxiety, not only in the public mind, but in…
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Six mien were killed on Saturday in a fire, which gutted a Clark-street lodging-house. One man jumped from the fourth…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on Mail Train
The Brisbane to Sydney mail train on arrival at Warwick (Queensland) yesterday was found to be on fire. The outbreak occurred in the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →"Stand, or I'll Fire."
Eveleigh-street, Redfern, was the scene of an exciting incident early on Saturday morning last. The police gave chase to a young man…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Theology's Fires. Presbyterian Defends Hell. Wesleyan "White-washers" Attacked
"THE doctrine of everlasting punishments said a leading Presbyterian minister of Wellington in his sermon last Sunday night, "is not incompatible with a full and free…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Fire at Newcastle
An alarming fire occurred at Newcastle last night. Hunter's stationery shop was completely gutted, and the damage done is estimated at £5000…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire Panic Seven Killed, 15 Injured
At a concert, of the Women's Patriotic League at Houdain (Pas[?]de Calais), a lamp fell and the oil burst into a blaze…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A Fire that Saved £60,000
AFTER reading that the Equitable fire in New York destroyed property valued as high as £1,500,000, it is a trifle disturbing to be told that…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Train on Fire Four Trucks Ablaze Fire Brigade. at Work
When the train from Narrandera to Finley was within three miles of Jerilderie, two trucks of lucerne hay, consigned 'to Berrigan and Finley,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Burnt to Death. Disastrous Fire. Quick-spreading Flames
A disastrous fire occurred at Mundooran, at 12 o'clock on Monday night at Brierly Bros.' Commercial stores when almost the entire stock, valued…
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