Waratah Fire Station
Waratah fire station is to be illuminated by electric light, according to a letter received by the Waratah Council from the Board of Fire…
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Fires & bushfires, 1921
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Fire in Shanghai
The Shanghai correspondent of the "Chicago Tribute" reports that silks, rice, and oils to the value of 6,000,000 dollars have been destroyed In a disastrous…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Movies £3000 Damage Sydney
The damage at a fire which broke out in the Apollo Picture Theatre this morning is estimated at over £3000. The electric piano, staging, screens…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Race for Life Disastrous Bush Fires Gippsland Losses Melbourne
Bush fires are burning furiously on three sides of the town of Foster, in Gippsland. On Saturday residents were fighting the flames to save the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Fires Two Smart Saves Damage of £20,000 Done SYDNEY
Firemen saved the building of Sam Bowen, Ltd., opposite the railway station from being destroyed by fire about seven o'clock this morning. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gippsland Fire Rain to the Rescue Smoke-blackened Homes MELBOURNE
To a great extent the bush fires which swept through with devastating effect in Gippsland have, been subdued. Light rain has fallen. The high…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Great Calamity Victorian Bush Fires Returned Soldiers Suffer MELBOURNE
Anxiety regarding the bush fires, which have been burning in the Gippsland district, has been allayed. Nearly two inches of rain has fallen,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Bush Fires Hobart, Tasmania
Big bush fires are raging in the Mount Cameron district…
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On Thursday last a terrible tragedy occurred in Wanganui, three children being burnt to death, and their aunt succumbing later from shock. In the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fires in England
Many incendiary fires attributed to Sinn Feiners have occurred in wheat ricks and baystacks on farms in the Newcastle-on-Tyne and St. Albe[?] districts…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm Fires at Newcastle
There were altogether forty Sinu Fein incendiary farm fires in the Newcastle area on Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Tokio
The fire in Tokio imperilled the whole city. It destroyed a thousand houses in the Tonsuka district, in the north-west section, involving a loss estimated at from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Looked Suspicious" City Fire Smell of Kerosene SYDNEY
An Inquest was held to-day by the City Coroner, concerning a fire in the premises of S. Weingott and Sons, clothing manufacturers, Sussex-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Launch Fire Place for Extinguisher
Commenting upon the launch mishap at Teleghery Crook on Thursday, an official of the Navigation Department stated this mottling that much…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fires in School Mosman Mystery Charwoman's Discovery SYDNEY
What looks like an attempt to destroy the Mosman public school, in Military and Avenue roads, by fire during the holidays, has been reported…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Cracksmen Desperate Venture Tracks Covered by Fire SYDNEY
One of the most startling jobs by cracksmen reported to the police for some time wan made known shortly after 9 o'clock last night. A safe in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Premises Ruined by the Cork Fires
All that remained of a big drapery shop and its valuable stock of wares after the outbreak of incendiarism at Cork-Twelve hundred people were rendered homeless by the destruction of 300 buildings. Blocks of premises were demo[?]aned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire on the Tahiti
The steamer Tahiti had proceeded about 200 miles on her voyage from Wellington to Frisco when, just before six o'clock yesterday morning, smoke was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →For Fire at Sea Australian's Invention LONDON, Monday Night
Engineer-Commander W. Crump and Johnson, a chief engineer, of Australia, have claimed £4000 award for the invention of a water drenching apparatus…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fires Round London
An epidemic of fire which raged round London during the week-end is attributed to Sinn Feiners. Sixteen stacks were destroyed near…
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