Destructive Fire Damage Amounts to 515,000 Spinning Works Burnt Sydney
Sweeping through two sections of the works, and driving the men on night shift from their winding machines a fire at 3 a.m. to-day…
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Fires & bushfires, 1926
571 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 23 of 29
Fire at Botany Sydney
Fire at the works of the Colonial Wool Combing, Spinning and Weaving Company, at Botany, caused damage estimated at £15,000, early this morning…
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Parliament's decision to increase the number of representatives on the Fire Brigades' Board has caused much concern in Newcastle, and other…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in Bunker LONDON
A coal bunker on the P. and O. branch liner Ballarat, which reached London from Australia on October 19, caught fire this morning and blazed for…
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A month's perilous existence on a blazing ship, with flames sweeping from the holds athwart the blistering deck, was the experience of the crew of the steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Subject Which Appears to Hang Fire
ACCORDING to the cabled reports of Friday's Imperial Conference proceedings the delegates do not seem to have been particularly successful in discovering any common ground for the discussion of the encouragement of Empire trade…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gutted by Fire Annandale Paper Mill SYDNEY
The State Paper Company's mills at Trafalgar-street, Annandale, were burnt out this afternoon, and the flames spread to the next door…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Six Shops Burnt Moulamein Blaze MOULAMEIN
A fire destroyed six business premises, including the Bank of New South Wales, but the Royal Hotel was saved by the efforts of a bucket brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in Sydney Paper Mills Destroyed. Sydney
A fire which broke out at the premises in Trafaigar-street, Annandale, occupied by the State Paper Company mills, destroyed the building and contents…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Melbourne Fire Damage Was £10,000 MELBOURNE
For 21 hours this morning a fire raged in the store of J. Sharp and Sons, Ltd., South Melbourne. The whole of the contents of the mill…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Timely Discovery Fire at Muswellbrook Buildings Damaged Muswellbrook
A disastrous fire was averted at Muswellbrook by the timely discovery of the outbreak. Damage was done to the School…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →City "Bush Fire' Parneil Park Outbreak
Grass in the park at Parnell-square caught alight to-day. The fire was extinguished in a few minutes by Newcastle East brigade…
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A weatherboard cottage situated near the rifle range, and owned by Mr. T Graham was burne to the ground early yesterday morning, with the whole of its…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Cessnock Fire Fencing Destroyed
Cessnock Fire Brigade was called out to an alarm at 11.30 yesterday morning. A quantity of grass and six panels of fencing were alight in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tobacco Factory Fire
Damage to the extent of £150,000 was done by a fire on the premises of the British Ameriman Tobacoo Co., in Southampton, and 500 employees have been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gloucester Fire Building Destroyed Much Damage Gloucester
The Gloucester School of Arts was totally destroyed by fire early this morning. Two billiard tables, a library,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Two Fires Motor and Chimney
The engine of a four-cylinder Essex motor car was severely damaged by fire at Hudson's motor garage at the corner of Union and Bull streets…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Melbourne Fire Valuable Tools Destroyed MELBOURNE
Valuable tools, patterns, and a number of wooden dies, which are said to have been almost irreplaceable, were destroyed this evening by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bush Fires Outbreaks in West Engines Blamed Warren
Bush flies in the West have caused serious damage. One fire burnt through the properties of Messrs. M. Vaughan, H. Appleyard, and A. Firth, doing…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Boatshed Blaze Fire at Dempsey Island
Towns Brothers' boat shed and workshop at Dempsey Island was destroyed by fire last night, and £1000 is the estimated loss for the building,…
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