Fire at Murrumburrah. Murrumburrah
A fire broke out shortly after two o'clock this morning in the main street of the town. In two short hours the block, which consisted of no fewer than…
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Fires & bushfires, 1912
243 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 13
Fire in Ottawa. Four Firemen Injured. Ottawa
A spectacular fire destroyed five residences at Bishop Terrace last night. The occupants had hairbreadth escapes, and some of the firemen were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Children Suffocated. Fire in a Bedroom. London
Three children, aged five, four and two years respectively were left in a bedroom in Leicester while their parents were at work…
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A fatal fire occurred in Taranski-street, Wellington, this morning. A boarding-house was gutted, and the remains of John Calvert an elderly man, were…
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A cowardly outrage was perpetrated at Bordeaux on the 19th November by a gang of hooligans who started a panic at at Alcazar Theatre by setting fire to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Disastrous Fires. Motor Works Explosion. Winnipeg
A cigarette exploded a can of gasoline at some motor works at Fremantle. The fire destroyed the building and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ice on Fire Hose. Louisville (Kentucky)
A large section of the business district has been destroyed by fire. Many stores were burned. Owing to the record low…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at New Lambton
At about half-past three o'clock on Saturday afternoon, a fire broke out in the residence of Mr. Herbert Gower, New Lambton, and the flames, quickly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wireless Telegraphy. Guard Against Forest Fires. Helena (Montana)
An organisation is being arranged for the prevention of forest fires. It is proposed to establish wireless stations throughout the State, to aid…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Chicago. Hotel Destroyed. Chicago
The Transit Hotel here was destroyed by fire, the guests escaping via the roof. A number of girl employees were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Sydney Letter. the Wood House Idea Abandoned.—mr. Thomas Hughes on City Improvements.—"sydney Has Much to Learn."—the Million Club.—now That Lord Denman Has Spoken.—beauty Sports for the People.—the Bush Fire and the Glass Bottle. Sydney
The weight of opinion against the public moneys being used for the erection of some hundreds of wood houses has told with Mr. Dacey. As a result, this part of the idea…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Sydney. Chinese Burnt to Death. Sydney
An outbreak of fire occurred in the city early yesterday morning, a three-storied restaurant at 82 Dixon-street, off Hay-street, near the new City Markets being…
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When the measure constituting the Board of Fire Commissioners was before the State Parliament in 1908 there was considerable criticism of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Leeds. London
A great fire occurred in Messrs Hess. Brothers' oilworks in Leeds last night. There hundred thousand gallons of oil were consumed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Fire. Several Buildings Burned. Brisbane
A fire broke out this morning at Pittsworth, a town 37 miles beyond Toowoomba, and 140 miles from Brisbane, and several building chiefly built of wood,…
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Captain Dakin, secretary to the New South Wales Fire Brigade Employees' Union, in an interview this afternoon, was unsparing in his condemnation of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on a Warship. Oil Tank Leaks. London
A fire occurred on the battleship Caesar, which is lying at Devonport, through oil leaking from one of the oil fuel tanks,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire-fighters' Grievances. Captain Dakin in Newcastle
Captain D. L. Dakin, secretary at the New South Wales Fire Brigade Employees' Union, it at present in Newcastle, and during his stay will meet…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in New York. Equitable Building Burned Several Lives Lost. New York
A fire occurred in New York yesterday, by which the building occupied by the Equitable Life Assurance Society rand several other great…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New York Fire. Six Lives Lost. Two Men Rescued. New York
Additional particulars of the disastrous fire at the Equitable Assurance Society's building on Tuesday night show that six lives were lost…
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