Car on Fire Early Morning Blaze
A Chandler motor car belonging to Mr. C. Armstrong, taxi car proprietor, was damaged by fire in Russell-street West, New Lambton, at 1.45…
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Fires & bushfires, 1924
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Fire in London
Mabel Webley, aged fifty, a housekeeper, was killed, and five persons injured by a thrilling fire in the British Empire Club Annexe in Piccadilly Circus…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Damp and Nystagmus Sydney
Answering Mr. Davies, in the Legislative Assembly this afternoon. Mr. Fitzpatrick the Minister for Mines, said that all reports of fire damp in mines…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →TUG-O'-WAR Won by Fire Brigade Team
In the presence of a large crowd of spectators, the tug-of-war in connection with Hammilton Shopping Week came off this afternoon in Beaumont-street, near…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Officer Retires Mr. T. Gorman Farewelled
Divisional Inspector T. Gorman, of the New South, Wales Fire Brigades, will enter on six months' leave on December 3, prior to retiring after completing forty…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →AFTER 40 YEARS Fire-fighter Retires Inspector Gorman
There was a large gathering at Newcastle Fire Brigade Headquarters on Saturday night, when the firemen of the Northern District entertained…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Leaping Flames Great Fire Raging on American Oilfield Blaze Still Spreading Twenty Plants Alight and Others Threatened Los Angeles
The most disastrous fire in the history of the Los Angeles oilfields is raging. The fire is out of control, and the damage will be enormous. The biggest concentration of fire fighters ever got together in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Fire at Nimbin
Fire destroyed Mrs. Mackenzie's boarding-house and a store at Nimbim, and partially destroyed a confectioner's shop. The branch of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Pretty Hot" Fire Brigade Estimates
"That's pretty hot," said Alderman Russel, at a meeting of West Maitland Council last night, when the Board of Fire Commissioners…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cessnock Fire Fruit Shop Ablaze £500 DAMAGES
A small goods and fruit shop, occupied by Mrs. F. Galloway, in Mainstreet, Cessnock, was badly damaged by fire at two o'clock this morning…
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Extensive damage was caused by a fire which broke out in premises in Harbour-street, Sydney, occupied by a firm or paper merchants. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Launch Burned Wickham Basin Blaze
The wooden motor launch Myolas, owned by Mr. Sp[?]ro Spathis, a fisherman, caught fire in the Wickham Basin shortly before 3 o'clock on Saturday morning,…
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A message from Port Louis, Mauritius, [?]ives thrilling details of the burning of the steamer Cigale. The fire broke out in the hold, and an…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Fire Chief Inspector for Newcastle
Divisional Inspector G. Grimmond, of the Sydney Metropolitan Fire Brigade, has been appointed to the charge of the Newcastle and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Short Life New Steamer on Fire Hong Kong
A Japanese freighter steamer of 5693 tons gross, launched in February, has been abandoned on are near Swatow, on the Chinese coast…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Battle of Waterloo Heavy Fire of Insults War-like Mayor Sydney
A battle was fought at Waterloo last night. It was merely a battle of words, and the combatants were the local aldermen…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Brigades' Appointment
Chief Officer F. Jackson, of the Now South Wales Fire Brigades, Sydney, has intimated that Divisional Inspector George Grimmond will succeed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Brigades' Board Regulations for Election
The election of a member of the Board of Fire Commissioners of New South Wales to represent the municipalities and shires, will be held at noon…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Sea the Cigale Disaster Further Details (Australian Cable Association.) CAPETOWN
A message to the "Cape Argus" from Port Louis gives further details of the disaster to the steamer Clgale. The vessel sailed for Reunion with 57…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer on Fire Blaze in Hull Docks LONDON
A destructive fire broke out in a cargo of palm kernels and oil on the steamer Sulina, which docked at Hull from West Africa. While the fire…
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