Fires in Melbourne. a Costly Blaze. Melbourne
A fire broke out shortly after four o'clock this morning in the heart of the city, the scene being The Equitable Place, which runs from Elizabeth-street…
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Fires & bushfires, 1914
262 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 14
Newcastle Fire Brigades the Year's Work. Official Details
At the moment the old year passed and the new year came in, the books of the Newcastle and district fire brigades were ruled off by District Officer Hillier,…
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The first district fire call of the New Year in the Newcastle district was received by the Wallsend brigade at 2.25 yesterday morning, when they were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland District. Maitland Fire Brigades
The Maitland Sub-district of the New South Wales Fire Brigade, which is under the command of Sub-district Officer G. Harper, who is under the supervision…
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The motor engine of the Newcastle District Fire Brigade was yesterday damaged to an extent that will throw it into dock for some time…
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A fire occurred at the warehouse of Lindsay Brothers, general merchants, in York-street, near Market-street, early this morning. At one time it was thought…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in New York. in a Crowded Tenement. New York
Five men and three women have lost their lives in a fire in a tenement house in the crowded east side district of New York…
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A four-roomed wood cottage with outhouses, in North-street, Greta, owned and occupied by Mr. Ernest Childs, was destroyed by fire on Saturday evening…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Rosewood. Much Damage Done. Brisbane
A fire occurred yesterday at Rosewood, on the main line between Brisbane and Toowoomba, which destroyed nearly half the town. The fire started in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Racing Stables. Two Valuable Horses Killed. Wellington
A fire break out at the harp of Erin racing stables, at Ellerslie, Auckland, last night. The boxes containing the race-horses were padlocked, but the doors were…
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Mr. C. Hibble, the district coroner, held an inquest at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday into the origin of the fire at Mayfield on New Year's Day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Slide for Life. Darling Point Fire. Two Women Have Narrow Escapes Sydney
A fire occurred at about half-past one o'clock this morning at the residence of Mr. Carl Wilke, at 64 Darling Point-road, Darling Point. Mr. Wilke was away from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Suspected Incendiarism. Fire in a Training College. London
A fire attributed to incendiarism destroyed the laboratory and gymnasium at St. Paul's Training College, Cheltenham…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Near Melbourne. Great Damage in Prahran. Melbourne
Prahran residents, when sitting down to their Sunday dinner were startled by the clang of the fire bells and running out they saw a great tower of flame…
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A fire occurred shortly before 10 o'clock to-night at A. W. Cormack's steam cooperage at the corner of Factory and Burns street, Darling Harbour. The building…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Fire. Cinema Film Factory. London
The promises of Kinora, Limited, film manufacturers, in the Letchworth Garden City, has been burned down. The damage is estimated at £35,000…
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Another fire at sea has been reported, by the revenue cutter Miami which found the British steamer Glenafton on fire in the Gulf of Mexico…
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I don't like to think an attack of hard times is coming. I don't like to think business undertaking are lacking in substantiality. But why should there be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Sydney. Great Factory Burned. Sydney
The big two-storey building of Messrs. S. Weingott and Sons, Limited, clothing and oilskin manufacturers, which covered about half an acre of ground at the…
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A fire occurred to-day at M'Corquodale Brothers' flourmils, 282 Sussex-street. The outbreak evidently had its origin on the top floor of the building,…
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