Fire at Sebastopol. Thirteen Horses Burned. Ballarat
The Electrical Supply Company's horse-car sheds at Sebastopol extension were destroyed by fire last night. Thirteen horses were roasted and five…
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Fires & bushfires, 1909
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Fire in London. Hop Warehouse Burned. Great Loss Occasioned. London
One of the hop warehouses in Southwark of Messrs. W. H. and H. Le May has been gutted by fire. Five thousand pockets of hops were…
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With the advent of summer, and the rapid withering-up of the grass on the west and south-western Pastoral country of the State, has come one of the…
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The half-yearly meeting of the Lambton Fire Brigade was held in the fire station on Thursday evening. The Mayor, Alderman W. V. M'Ewan, presided…
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A fire occurred at an early hour this morning at Milton House, a large boarding establishment off Hayes-street, Neutral Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Great Fire in Quebec. Damage on the Wharves. a Fireman Killed. London
A great fire has occurred on the wharves in Quebec. A grain elevator, containing 200,000 bushels of wheat, eight sheds full of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Bega. Business Premises Burned. Bega
Three large business places at Bega were destroyed by fire last night, and several other were damaged. The damage in considerably over £4000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →State Parliament. Legislative Council. Fire Brigades Bill. Sydney
Sir FRANCIS SUTTOR, the President of the Legislative Council, took the chair at half-past four o'clock this afternoon. The Fire Brigades Bill was further…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our New Zealand Letter. Wellington, October 15. State Fire Insurance
At last the facts in connection with our State Fire Insurance Department are out, and we are told, on official authority, that it has been a losing concern. That was…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fire in Melbourne. Thirteen Horses Burned. Melbourne
A fire occurred about half-past one o'clock this morning at Headley and Company's jam factory, on the St. Kilda-road…
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The s.s. Otaki, which sailed from Lyttelton, New Zealand, on August 10th, for London via ports, has arrived…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Missing Waratah. Theory of Fire. Discredited by Owners. London
Messrs. William Lund and Company the owners of the steamer Waratah, state that they cannot co-ordinate the story told by the captain of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District News. Lambton. Fire Brigade Demonstration
A public meeting, convened by the Mayor, was held in the Empire Hall, Lambton, on Wednesday night, to consider certain matters in connection with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Otaki. Fire Extinguished. Serious Damage Done. London
The fire on the steamer Otaki, from Lytteiton. New Zealand, which broke out before the vessel reached London on October 28th, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Hobart. Great Damage Done. Hobart
One of the most disastrous fires which has occurred in Hobart for years broke out at midnight at the old Exhibition Building, which had been converted into…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in a Mansion. Heirlooms and Pictures Saved London
A disastrous fire occurred last night at Bean Desert Park, the Marquis of Anglesey's seat at Rugeley, in Staffordshire…
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The South Australian Portland Cement Company's works at Brighton, about ten miles from Adelaide, were burned to the ground late last night. The damage is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Leatherworks. Great Damage Done. London
A destructive fire has occurred at the leather works of Sir E. T. Holden and Son, Walsall, Staffordshire. Much stock and costly machinery…
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Sir,—Your correspondents in reporting the above meeting was evidently in sympathy with the brigade as he has put the whole matter in as favourable a light as…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Great Fire at the Boulder. Perth
A great fire is raging among the surface machine rooms of the Boulder Perseverance Mine. The main engine-room and the Griffin Mills are completely…
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