Fire in Brisbane. Picture Films Destroyed. Brisbane
Motion picture films, valued at £50,000, went up in flames to-night in premises in Adelaide-street, Brisbane, occupied by the Fox Film Corporation of…
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Fires & bushfires, 1924
415 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 21
All Burnt Evicted Man's Goods Spark from Bush Fire
The furniture belonging to Kenneth Atkinson, who was elected from a Weston soldiers' settlement block on wednesday by the sheriff's officer, was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →House on Fire Blaze at Stockton Empty Cottage Destroyed
A five-roomed weatherboard house at the corner of Carlisle and Hereford streets. Stockton, was totally destroyed by fire last night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Melbourne Blaze 300 Cars On Fire Damaged And Destroyed MELBOURNE
Three hundred motor cars were either destroyed or damaged in a fire which occurred just before midnight at Holdens' motor body…
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A fire broke out at eleven o'clock last night in a five-roomed wooden cottage at the corner of Carlyle and Hereford streets. Stockton, and owned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Teralba
Mr. Harry Copeland, of Marmong Point, near Teralba, had his home burnt to the ground yesterday afternoon. It is not known whether the building…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Great Fire in Sydney Marcus Clark's Burned Out Sydney
Damage of between £50,000 and £100,000 was caused by a fire which completely destroyed Marcus Clark's emporium at Newtown to-night. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland Fires Country Destruction BRISBANE
A fire at Laidley destroyed the post office, the hotel, and other buildings. The Queensland National Bank was damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BLOCK 10 Fire. Broken Hill
Mr. Hebbard, the manager of the Sulphide Corporation, stated to-day that a boring plant was being obtained to put down six inch bores on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Foundry Fire Cook's Hill Blaze Damage to the Roof
Cook's Hill fire brigade turned out at 7.21 last night in response to a call through the local telephone exchange to a blaze in the machine room of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fires in Queensland. Brisbane
One of the most disastrous fires in the history of Winton occurred at two o'clock this morning on the north side of Elderslie-street. The outbreak…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Burned to Death Mother's Dath Through Fire To Save Child
Two little girls, Annie and Minnie Corbett, aged 3 and 2 respectively, were burned to death in a caravan on a fair grounds. Prince Regent-lane, Custim…
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The town clerk of Merewather has received a letter from the Fire Underwriters' Association forwarding a schedule to be filled In with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flame Walls Riverina Fire Sweeps 40,000 Acres HAY
Disastrous bush fires broke out at Togamain Station. Great walls of flame, beneath a mountain of dense smoke sped at a terrific speed before…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Costumes on Fire Guy Fawkes Accident
Fifth of November celebrations at Battle (England) ended with a serious accident. Two young girls prize-winners in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at School
A fire which broke out in a clssroom at the infants school at Wellington, was confined to pictures packed on the floor. It appears that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Night of Flames. Big Building at Redfern Ablaze £100,000 DAMAGE Beard Watson's Factory on Fire SYDNEY
Three outbreaks of fire, which caused damage estimated at £100,000, occurred in Sydney between 10 p.m. lost night and 3 a.m. today. The most serious, and at the same time the most spectacular,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Heavy Rains and Wild Winds Disturb Newcastle's Sleep Last Night Water in Torrents District Deluged Immense Fire Ball at Sea Rain in Record Force
A fierce gale blew at Newcastle last night and this morning. Several low-lying places were In undated, but only minor damages are reported. Those people who were compelled…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Station Site Stockton Change Motor Engine Probable
A letter was received by the Stockton Municipal Council from the Fire Commissioners, stating that a central site had been secured for a fire station, and that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Fire Dangers
The prevalence of fires lately in Melbourne and Sydney, and the disastrous Character of some of these conflagrations has awakened some of our civic…
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