Fire at Wodonga
Wodonga was awakened in the early hours of Friday morning by the fire bell. Dense clouds of smoke arose along side the Wodonga Police Station, and it was found…
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Forest Fire in Scotland. Serious Damage Occasioned
Drought and picknickers making tea were responsible for a huge fire near Banchery, Aberdeenshire, extending fully ten miles. Thousands…
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Morton pimental was to-day adjudged by a jury not guilty of a charge of setintg lre to Nuanan's Buildings, in which a woman was burned to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire on Great Liner
A serious fire has broken out on the groat Cunard liner Mauretania (30,704 tons) at Southampton. At one time the liner was in danger of sinking, owing to…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Fire on an Ocean Liner. The Mauretania in Jeopardy. Great Damage Caused
The Atlantic liner Mauretania caught fire at Southampton, and only the heroic efforts of the firemen prevented her from sinking. The tons…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£250 Compensation for Fires
Mr. Justice Samuels, at the Belfast Assizes, has awarded £250,000 as compensation for 230 houses which were burned down at Lisburn (close to Belfast) by way of…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Coals of Fire
The dogs were sitting about on the snow when Robert Telfer came out of the little court-house. He went straight to his sledge without…
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Renmark townspeople were horrified on Monday morning by another shocking development in connection with Friday's fire. Allan Leslie Senior (aged about 29…
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Worlds with probably millions of human beings like ourselves, have been destroyed and turned into glowing gas by a stupendous…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Irrigation Pumping Station. a Difficult Outbreak to Cope With
About half-past six on Saturday morning Mr. John Jacka, engineer at the Hay Irrigation pumping station, who lives adjacent to the works, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Telegrams. Sydney. a Surry Hills Fire. Monday Evening
John Clark, grocer, of Surry Hills, was awakened early this morning by smoke. On investigating he found the place was on fire. He assisted his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Sn Butter Factory
The Manning 'River Co-operative Company's butter factory at Mitchell Island narrowly escaped being destroyed by fire. A boy name Tate, while returning from a…
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The advent of the automobile and the tractor or truck has not had a tendency to reduce the normal fire l[?]zrd on the farm. Indeed, the chances are that trivial fires…
Continued on Trove, page 40 →Green Vapour and Fire
The "Daily Telegraph's", correspondent, describing the scene, said:—"I watched the giant airship, and thought that its sylphlike appearance suggested a visitor…
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In addition to a big Pitt-street fire early this morning, another fire occurred in Kent-street. The damage in the former amounts to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Telegrams. Sydney. Two Sydney Fires. Thursday Evening
A fire which broke out in Pitt-street last night practically destroyed the premises of Messrs. Alexander Smith and Co., hardware merchants…
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Two fires occurred in the city, and caused damage estimated at about £50,000. In each case the chief losers were hardware merchants. The first was in…
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At the Wangaratta County Court, Judge Winneeke heard a claim by John Olcorn and Frank O[?]corn, of Rutherglen, for £110 as damages from H. J. Baker. The parties…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Disastrous Fire at Denilxquin
A disastrous fire occurred at Mathoura at 1.15 a.m. on Tuesday, when premises in Livingstone-street, occupied by G. Higgins, draper; the Victorian…
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A most disastrous fire occurred at Maghonra on Tuesday morning. About I [?]Clock in the morning a cry of fire arose, and it was not long before a number of…
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