Picture Show Fire. Kerosene Sprinkled About
A fire broke out at a picture theatre at Newtown at 2 o'clock yesterday morning, and the firemen on arrival discovered the storeroom, on the…
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New England · Fires & bushfires
266 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 14
A fire broke out at a picture theatre at Newtown at 2 o'clock yesterday morning, and the firemen on arrival discovered the storeroom, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →John Mathews (19), a painter was trapped by a fire whilst inside a large beer cylinder at the Zig Zag brewery Lithgow. He made a dash through…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire broke out in the grandstand at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday, when the Test match was in progress. There was great excitement…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →John Matthews (19) was painting inside of a beer cylinder at Jones' Brewery, Lithgow, when, suddenly, the paint caught fire. Matthews…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire, which is an unusual occurrence for Deepewater, occurred in an unoccupied cottage, the property of Mr. J. Kelly, in Alice Street, early…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →During the absence of the Tenterfield town clerk in Sydney, an attempt wan made to burn his residence. A candle had been set near the door at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tenterfield seems to have a new type of maniac, whose speciality is burning grandstands. Another granstand, this time at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A shed at Torryburn station in which was stored a quantity of lucerne hay caught fire yesterday and was destroyed. A racehorse was in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Last night a fire consumed the borne of Mrs. McAlpin at Glencoe. There was no one in the bouse at the time of the fire, Mrs. McAlpin having…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Thursday the District Coroner, Mr. Gordon Madell, held an inquiry into the fire which destroyed the grandstand at Queen's Park early on…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A message states that two British steamers were shelled by Chinese forts. Neither was hit, however, although one shell passed over the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Armidale City Council met on Monday night. The Mayor (Ald. Morgan Stephens) and Aldermen Mills, Pearson, Oliver Watson, M'Donald,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A are brake out last night in a large factory occupied by a number of firms in Chippendale. the firemen succeeded in saving most of the top…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire broke out, last night, in a large factory occupied by a number of firms in Chippendale. The firemen succeeded in saving…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At Monday's local Council meeting, the Mayor answered a sheaf of questions. He told Ald. Oliver that the Council…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →One of the most disastrous fires in the history of the town occurred early on Saturday last, Mr J. P. Henry's business premises, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One of the biggest fires in the history of Uralla occurred this morning, resulting in the complete destruction of Mr. J. P. Henry's joinery works…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →One of the biggest fires in the history of Uralla occurred on Saturday morning, resulting in the complete destruction of Mr. J. P.Henry's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Saturday morning, about 2 a.m., a fire broke out in Mr. J. P. Henry's workshop, electric light works, etc. No one was about. Mr. Henry had to be…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A bush fire oil the Tarrabandra Soldier Settlement, near Gundagai. destroyed forty accres of standing wheat Crop and sixty tons of lucerne…
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