Fifty Fires Sydney Outbreaks Hawkesbury Ranges Swept SYDNEY
In sweltering heat yesterday the fire brigades were called out to suppress 50 outbreaks of bush aud grass fires around Sydney…
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Fires & bushfires, 1922
381 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 20
Bad Pressure for Fire-fighters Water Board Castigated
At the New Lambton Council meeting last night, the Mayor (Alderman Payne) spoke about the lack of pressure of water in the mains when the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Fire at Sea Big Vessel Abandoned City of Honolulu 300 Passengers on Board VANCOUVER
A San Francisco message states that the steamer city of Honolulu, 17,000 tons, and believed to have 300 passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire-proof Wood
Many of the early ways of making wood and other combustible material proof against fire were of little more than theoretical value, and in consequence the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Cessnock Fires Extensive Damage Big Losses Likely
The fire that occurred in Vincent-street, Cessnock, this week, was the most disastrous that has visited the town for a long time. Although all…
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A fire broke out on the liner City of Honolulu, formerly the North German liner Friedrich der Groose, of 10,771 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Weston Fire Firemen Not Away
Writing in reference to the report of a recent fire at Weston. Mr. R. Jarvis, officer-in-charge of the local fire station, explains that the firemen…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Early Morning Blaze At Carrington Tailors
Another fire occurred in Carrington early this morning, in the tailor's shop of Mr. P. Fleming. Fortunately it was put out by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Destroyed by Fire
A weatherboard cottage in Condebolin, occupied by Mrs. Sheehan and her family, was completely gutted by fire. No one was injured…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Caulfield Weighing Room and Judge's Box Destroyed Suspicious Smell of Petrol Who Was in the Mysterious Motor Car? MELBOURNE
Most of the buildings on the Caulfield Racecourse were destroyed by fire this morning. Suspicious circumstances surround the occurrence. At 4 a.m. the watchman saw flames coming from the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fires in Newcastle. Brigade's Good Work
A large two-storied building, known as "Sea. View," on the southern side of the junction of Pacific and Reid streets, tenanted by Mrs. Ettie Saeter, as a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sun Causes Fire
Concentration of tho sun's heat through a hole in the roof caused a fire at Emery and Company's broom factory in Hunter-street West,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Caulfield Racecourse
Photograph of the Caulfield racecourse taken by "The Australian," Melbourne, showing the course on Wednesday last. The members' stand, which was gutted, is in the centre of the other buildings and judge's box destroyed are also shown in the picture…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Too Early to Get Up Picnicker's Rude Awakening Big City Blaze
"It's not seven o'clock yet," drowsily murmured Mr. Zarkin. when he was awakened yesterday morning about 3 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Caulfield Course Fire Melbourne
At an early hour yesterday morning, an attempt was made to burn down the main buildings on Caulfield racecourse. At about four o'clock William Wake,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Glare in the Heavens 4,000,000 Francs Damage Big Paris Fire Childs' Hospital in Danger LONDON
There were strange pyrotechnic effects at a great fire near the Place de Repubilque in Paris, in a four-storied hide tannery, owned by Herron…
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It is reported from Now York that an Incendiary fire occurred in a tenement house there, causing 14 deaths. It took place early in the morning, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Forest Fires Spread by Gale Damage in New Zealand Auckland (N.z.)
A tierce gale caused a bush fire to burn a large area near Rotorua. The flamps travelled with terrific speed, and the hill sides were a towering…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Poor Pressure Not Enough Water for Fires New Lambton Complaints
New Lambton Council is not satisfied with the reply received from the Water and Sowerage Board relative to the council's complaint concerning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Melbourne Gossip. Melbourne, October 23. the Caulfield Fire
When the news passed round Melbourne on Saturday morning that some of the buildings at Caulfield racecourse had been burnt, perhaps the most troubled people…
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