£10,000 Damage Done by Country Fire Molong, Tuesday
Nancarrow’s general store was destroyed by fire at an early hour this morning, doing damage estimated at £10,000. At one period the flames…
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Fires at Tumbarumba
The Tumbarumba coroner (Mr. J. L. Thomas) held an inquiry into the cause of the fires which destroyed Hardy's sawmill and some logs on…
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When their launch caught fire following an explosion in the engine, three persons were forced to abandon the craft near the Spit in Middle…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Series of Violent Deaths at Wagga Fire in Tree Days Police Investigating Latest Fatality
Five violent deaths have occurred in Wagga in three days, the last being John Vesperman, 65, a brickmaker, formerly well-known in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in Sydney House Prosecutor’s Strange Story Woman Acquitted by Direction of Judge SYDNEY
Elizabeth Carter, 34, appeared before the Criminal Court to-day on a charge of having maliciously set fire to the dwelling house of Desmond…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hardy’s Sawmill Fire Timber Stocks Unaffected
Through temporarily handicapped at the source of their raw materials in the destruction by fire of their Tumbarumba sawmill, Messrs. Hardyn Pty…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hold-up Fails Bandit Fires on Pursuers. Escape on Motor Cycle. Melbourne
Alter failing in an attempt to hold up Mr. Lewis Lew in his to-bacconist’s shop in Nicholson st., Fitzroy at 12.45 p.m. yesterday,…
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The local Fire Brigade was called out at 1.45 pm. on Sunday to attend a fire which had occurred in the dense undergrowth on the river bank at the…
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Though temporarily handicapped at the source of their raw materials, in the destruction by fire of their Tumbarumba sawmill, Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£10,000 Fire in City Building Sydney
Damage caused by a fire which [?] the upper [?] of a [?] in William street City early this morning is estimated at £10,000. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big City Fire £10.000 Damage Results Two Firemen Overcome by Smoke Sydney --
Two fireman were overcome by smoke in u blaze which completely burned out two floors of a four-storied building in William Street this…
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Three fires are burning in the hills on the New South Wales side between Wymah and Jingellie in the Upper Murray, but they are mostly confined…
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Damage caused by a fire which gutted the upper floors of a building in William-street, Sydney, early on Monday, is estimated at £10,000. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cadets Learn How to Fire a Field Gun
Cadets from the Royal Military College, Camberley (England), receiving instructions on how to manipulate an 18-pounder gun…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grass Fire at Buraja
On Sunday last while Mr. J. F. Izon was burning-off on his property ''Carrawatha,'' Buraja, the fire got cut of control, and spread to a heavily…
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A fire which practically destroyed six stores in the shopping centre of the township last night caused damage estimated at more than £7000…
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An alarm of fire given last evening between 1.30 and 2 a.m. called many townspeople from their beds to witness one of the most calamitous…
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Albury Fire Brigade was summoned yesterday to extinguish a blaze which occurred in a rubbish tip near [?] Avenue at about 5.40 p.m. The…
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A fire occurred about 12.15 p.m. today at the rear of the “Independent” newspaper office in Cressy street. Starting in a pile of paper in the back yard,…
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The second large fire within a month occurred at Tumut on Monday, When Tweedies' buildings, an important building block on the corner of…
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