Fire at Broken Hill. Broken Hill
Burford's soap works at Broken Hill, which have been in operation for nearly thirty years, were totally destroyed by fire last night. The damage is estimated…
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Fires & bushfires, 1919
155 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 8
Lambton Fire Whole Block Endangered Safety Matches Blamed
At 2.30 a.m. to-day a serious fire broke out in the grocery store of Elizabeth Bell, trading as John R. Bell, at Elder-street, Lambton. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Oil Fire on Cruiser
The British light cruiser Calliope was severely damaged by fire off the Lizard while on her way to the Azores. An oil feed-pipe burst and set fire to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£50,000 Fire Sydney
The damage at last night's fire at the old abattoirs, Glebe Island, is estimated at £50,000. The policy of the Australian Labor…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Menace Armtdale's Plight Wells Sunk for Water
The drought having caused a serious water shortage at Armidale, the captain of the volunteer fire brigade there (Alderman Webb) recently…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Fire in Sydney. Damage £50,000. SYDNEY
Early to-night a fire broke out, and destroyed the old abattoirs, at Glebe Island, Is which thousands of tons of copra was stored. Vessels from the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Here and There Merewether Bush Fire
The Merewether and Cook's Hill Fire Brigades were called out yesterday to a bush fire on the hill near Curry-street. The burning grass and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Waratah Fire Mystery. Schoolboy's Escapade
An inquest was held at the courthouse, Waratah, yesterday, by Mr. C. Hibble, the district coroner, into a series of fires which occurred on October 31, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alarm of Fire
Shortly before one o'clock this morning, the Newcastle East Fire Station received a call through the Bolton-street telephone alarm to a fire at the rear of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in Five Storeys Melbourne Outbreak MELBOURNE
Early this morning a disastrous fire broke out on the ground floor of the five-storey premises of Hickney and Sons, picture frame makers and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Newcomen Street
At about one o'clock this morning a fire occurred in a bedroom at 23 Newcomen-street, Newcastle. Constable Cross, who saw smoke issuing from the window…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Midnight Blaze Taxi Badly Burned
A taxi-car belonging to Clarence Galbraith was badly damaged by fire last night. Backfiring Ignited the car when it was on the overhead bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on Prinz Hubertus
The Prinz Hubertus, which sailed from Sydney on September 13 for London, via Bombay, was partially destroyed by fire at the Albert Dock, London. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on the Prinz Hubertus
The fire on board the steamer Prinz Hubertus, from Sydney, at the Royal Albert Dock, has broken out again, and it is feared the vessel will become a total…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tar on Fire Council Shed Destroyed
A fire broke out at 9.30 this morning in a Newcastle Council building off Merewether-street. The building is used for tar boiling and the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Launch on Fire at Sea. Man Lost Overboard
A sensational experience occurred to a party of four men who were bringing a motor launch from Brooklyn, Hawkesbury River, to Newcastle early on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Fires Women Dancers Burned University Destroyed Vancouver, November 24
The main building of the University of Montreal, containing the medical departments, has been destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at £80,000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Brigade v. LORN
The former disposed of Lorn for 55 runs, towards which Johnson ran up 32. Fire Brigade lost 3 for 71 at the day's close, Treloyne being not out 29, Cheadle…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grain on Fire Thames-side Disaster
One of the biggest fires that London has had recently burned out extensive granaries at Bermondsey Wall, doing damage to the amount of £100,OO0…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on the Swakopmund
The fire on the steamer Swakopmund has been extinguished. It was apparently due to spontaneous combustion. The cargo consisted entirely of copra,…
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