South Australian Fire
A bush fire which swept the Burra district to the extent of 100 miles north of Adelaide, caused over £30,000 damage…
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Fires & bushfires, 1919
134 stories in New England's papers · page 2 of 7
Glen Innes War Memorial. Still Hanging Fire. Ald. Mann's Stereotyped Question. and the Same Old Answer
Ald. Mann: Has anything further been done regarding the war memorial in Glen Innes. This is the now somewhat…
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A fire at Coraki, in the principal business part of the town, destroyed Sheridan's store and Claffy's buildings. The 'Herald'…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fearful Forest Fire Churches and House [?] Three [?] Sydney
As a result of the fearful for [?] swept through Otway [?] on Saturday two [?] and Richards and a [?]…
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A timely warning from the master of a ferry boat was the means of preventing a serious outbreak of fire on the steamer Victoria, in Neutral Bay…
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The Thames Hotel at Auckland was partly destroyed by fire. An elderly man named William M'Gimm was suffocated in a bedroom…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Syndicalism Supreme. Gladstone Meat [?]Eks Fire" I.w.w. [?] Fails. Ather [?] Speaks Out
A [?] during the [?] earlier [?] the [?]…
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The fire bell at the Inverell station rang out the alarm about 11.30 this morning, but, happily, the supposed conflagration was a trivial affair. It…
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During a bush fire at Camp Bay, New Zealand, three thousand acres of grass were destroyed and one thousand sheep perished…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Saturday Night Fire. Children's Narrow Escape
About 8 o'clock on Saturday fight an alarm of fire was sounded, the outbreak occurring in Rusden-street west at Mrs. Callinan's cottage, occupied by Mr. J…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Burning Wheat Stack Darktown Fire Brigade
To the Farmers' Conference at Harden, Mr. Gus Vearing, of Ariah Park, wrote that when a wheat stack was on fire at Mirrool, the Wheat Board,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in a Hospital
Sydney, Thursday.—A fire occurred last night in Nurse Sturrock's Private hospital, "Drynam," Park Parade, Waverley, which necessitated the hurried…
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Authoress Perishes in Air Raid. During the air raid on London on March 7, 1918 a 600lb. bomb absolutely destroyed six houses and damged over 400 others in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Stannifer. Muldoon's Store Demolished
One of the most disastrous fires in the history of Stannifer occurred about 2 o'clock on Wednesday morning last, when Mr. J. Muldoon's general…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Destructive City Fire
A fire which broke out in the rear of the premises of Messrs. Chapham and Company, importers, George-street, on Saturday afternoon, severely damaged two floors of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gundagai's Big Fire
A disastrous fire occurred on the south side of Sheridan-street, Gundagai, about 3 o'clock on Sunday morning. when nine shops occupied…
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Nine shops were destroyed in a fire at Gundagai on Sunday. The damage is estimated at £14,000. The approximate insurances amount to only £7000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£112 Saved. Why the Fire Brigade Has a Credit Balance
Country Fire Brigades are now administered by a Board of Commissioners. The money for upkeep and equipment is subscribed in equal parts by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Steamer on Fire
The steamer Cardium, which was taken in tow after being on fire, broke adrift 100 miles east of Albany…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Kyogle
Four business houses were destroyed by fire at Kyogle last night, including Junior and Chemins's, Readford and Amess's, and James Martin's…
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