Fire at Narrabri. Great Damage Done. Narrabri
A fire occurred here this morning, the origin of which is unknown. An entire block in the man street was burned to the ground, nothing remaining but a stack of…
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Fires & bushfires, 1906
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San Francisco's Fate Fire Consumes the City. Suburbs Succumb to Flames. a Hundred Miles of Desolation. Flames Overlep All Obsta[?]les. Hundreds of Dead Buried in the Ruins. London
The fire in San Francisco is still raging, and the entire city is deemed. Every building in the business part of the district and half the residential portion have been destroyed. No large building remains…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Adelaide. Adelaide
At 5 o'clock on Sunday morning the extensive clothing factory of Messrs. Kurtz and Harper, James'-place, a few yards from the main street of the city, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Burning City. Fires at Last Arrested. Dynamite and Cannon Employed. All America Rendering Aid. Splendid Work of Firemen and Troops. a New San Francisco to Be Raised. London
The latest reports to hand regarding the condition of affairs at San Francisco confirm the reports that the progress of the fires has been stayed, and particularly at the water front. Brigadier-General F. Funston, who commands the troops at San…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Frisco's Respite. Fires Extinguished. Steel Buildings Stand. Cliff House Not Destroyed. London
The fires in San Francisco have been extinguished, and only smoking embers remain. An area of twenty-five square…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cockle Creek Fire in a Boatshed
A fire broke out shortly after eight o'clock on Thursday night at the boatshed owned by Mr. W. Walters, of the Junction, totally destroying it and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Frisco Insurances. the Fire Losses. London
The Commercial Union Assurance Co., Limited, of London, estimates that the losses that British offices have suffered by the San Francisco…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Waratah Fire
Sir,—I was surprised to see it stated that at the late fire at the laundry the Waratah Fire Brigude arrived on the scene of the fire first. The brigade which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Waratah Fire
Sir,—Referring to the recent fire at Waratah, a writer, styling himself "One who, was there," says:—"I was surprised to see it stated that at the late…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Holmesville. Fire Brigade
A fire brigade has been formed in Holmesville and twelve members have been enrolled, but the necessary material has not yet been procured, and a concert,…
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Sir,—For the information of "Yarrahappini," I may inform him that there it an unwritten law amongst the northern tire brigades that the first brigade at a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Barque on Fire. in Mid-ocean. Adelaide
When the ocean training ship Illawarra was about 500 miles off the Island of Tristan d'Acunha, on her way from London to Port Adelaide, at 4 a.m. on March…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Brigades' Conference. Reception of Delegates. Sydney
The delegates appointed to attend the Fire Brigades' Conference in Sydney, were to-day received by the Lord Mayor at the Town-hall. Representatives have…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Fighters' Needs
In view of the fact that the fire brigades in the Newcastle district exist mainly through the esprit de corps of their members, that they…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Paris
LONDON, Tuesday.—The leather market in Paris has been burnt down. The damage is estimated at £400,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Brigades' Conference. Need for Pensions. Sydney
The Interstate Fire Brigades' Conference was continued to-day, when papers were read by various delegates. Mr. G. A. Booker, of South Australia,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Destructive Fire
LONDON, Saturday.—By the destruction by fire of a tenement building at Stratford, Essex, a family of six, including three generations, were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Brigades' Conference. Close of the Session. Sydney
The interstate conference of fire brigades was concluded yesterday. The following resolutions were carried:— "That a committee, consisting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fires in America
LONDON, Monday.—Eight towns in Northern Wisconsin (U.S.A.) have been devastated by forest fires. Thirty people have been killed and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on a Steamer
LONDON, Thursday.—The steamer City of York, lying at Tilbury, has been badly damaged l[?]y fire. Her cargo, consisting of 10,000 tons…
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