Bush Fires
Bush Ores continue to burn furiously on throe sides of the town of Foster, in the Gippsland district of Victoria. Thousands of pounds worth of damage…
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Fires & bushfires, 1921
120 stories in New England's papers · page 2 of 6
Victorian Bush Fires. Township Wrapped in Flames
A Colac message states that flerce fires swept through the beach forests of Victoria. The township of Wyelangra is…
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A homestead in the Gunbar district, the property of Alexander McArthur, a well-known member of the Farmers & Settlers Association, was completely…
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Grading works at [?]. New Zealand, were burned to the ground. The damage is estimated at about £100,000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Danger of Fire Water Supply Needed. Ald. McILVEEN'S SUGGESTION
In accordance with notice, Ald. McIlveen, at last meeting of the Municipal Council, submitted the following motion:—" That with a view to…
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Sydney, Thursday.—Three weatherboard cottages and a two-storey house at Bona Vista Avenue, Maroubra, were destroyed by fire this morning. Two…
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Two houses were destroyed by fire at Maroubra this morning. Two women jumped from the window, and were injured…
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In the lengthy category of reasons and excuses for fires, that of friction due to the gnawing of match heads by rats and mice has had to bear its full…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Latest Cables 3000 Houses Destroyed Destructive Fire in Asaku[?]a Great Tragedy Threatened Tokio
A fire broke out this morning in Asekuss, in the most thickly popular later section of the city. Two thousand houses and temples…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Grocery Shop. Sensational Escape
The grocery shop of Harry Lewis, Devonshire-stret, City, was partially destroyed by Are this morning. Mrs. Lewis and her child made a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rats Eating Matches. Not a Cause of Fire
In the lengthy category of reasons and excuses for fires, that of friction due to the gnawing of match heads by rats and mice has had to bear its full…
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The two upper floors of Stanley Building, Pitt street, were burnt out last night…
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Sydney, Thursday.—The charred remains, [?] the head arms, and legs of Miss Reilly, tailoress, were found in the fire at Numan's Buildings,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Melboubne. — Woman Burned
Sydney, Thursday. — A conflagraton broke out in Numan's building, in Swanson-street, Melbourne, about 6 o'clock last evening, and it is feared…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Desperate Leap. Girl Trapped by Fire
As the result of a fire early the other morning at Albert Park (Vic), Ena Kelly (14) received burns which caused her death. Her mother—Mrs. Julia…
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A fire burnt out the top floors of Stanley Building, Pill-street, late last night, and severely damaged the remaining four'floors. [?]…
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A few weeks ago Mr. H. N. McLean lost a large stack of lucerne hay as the result of a mysterious fire, which broke out in the early hours of the…
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The unprecedented number of fires the city were added to last night by a fire in Camperdown, three buildings being destroyed…
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Sydney,Thursday.—Smith's box factory at Newtown was totally destroyed by fire this morning. The damage is estimated at about £2000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hay Destroyed. Blaze at Inverell Station
A disastrous Ore occurred at Goodwood farm, portion of Mr. P. G. Campbell's Inverell Station properly, when about 100 toils of beautiful lucerne…
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