Grass Fire Blaze at Tighe's Hill
Firemen worked strenuously for some time this morning in combatting two outbreaks in dry grass in Elizabeth-street. Tighe's Hill…
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Fires & bushfires, 1926
571 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 29
Big Victorian Bush Fire Another Town Wiped Out MELBOURNE
No lives were lost at Kinglake through the bush fire yesterday, but the town has been almost wiped out. All about the country is a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Underground Fires Mr. Miller's Views
The chairman said he had received a letter from Mr. A. J. Miller, engineer in charge of the Queensland State coal mines, in which he asserted that…
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The bush fires in the Kinglake and Queenstown districts were checked two miles from Queenstown this morning, but if the wind increases Queentown…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mine on Fire Queensland Outbreak BRISBANE
The Aberdare Extended mine at Eundamba is on fire and is belching hugo clouds of smoke. No one is down in the mine, and the…
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"The Times," in a sympathetic article on the Victorian bushfires, praises the prompt generosity of the Australian people in subscribing large sums to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flour Mill Fire MELBOURNE
The officers of John Carting and Song have assessed the damage dono by the fire, which completely gutted the firm's extensive flour mills, at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Sydney Sydney
Prompt action on the part of the fire brigades prevented what might have been a big fire in the five-storied "premises known as Dudley Buildings, George-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Mine on Fire at Bundamba Brisbane
A fire, believed to be located near the bottom of the main shaft, broke out early this morning, in Walker's, Limited, Aberdare Extended coal mine, at Bundamba…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Came Back Again Bush Fire at Kinglake MELBOURNE
Kinglake, which wa ravaged by bush-fires on Wednesday and Thursday, was again attacked yesterday. Every available man was sent out,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heavy Damage Big Melbourne Blaze Firemen's Risks Melbourne
Damage estimated at £50,000 was done by a fire which consumed Myers's bulk store in Swanston-street North at 4 a.m. to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queensland Mine Fire Brisbane
Clouds of black smoke from burning tar and poisonous fumes broke through the sealed mouth of Aberdare Extended Colliery at Bundamba yesterday…
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"It's an ill wind that blows nobody good." The recent York-street fire is about to provide Newcastle residents with some remarkable bargains, for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ourimbah Fire Stop Totally Destroyed WYONG
Early yesterday morning a [?]re at Ourimbah destroyed the shop occupied by A. J. Gorman, bootmaker, and W. Cohen, as a store, for musical…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fighting Fire Forest in Danger MELBOURNE
The State pine forest at Whittlesea is still in a dangerous zone of the bushfires. The fire penetrated the pine forest…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Damp Blamed Redhead Mine Disaster Inquiry Evidence
"Ignition of fire damp in No. 6 bord, aggravated by the presence of coal dust," said a district check inspector at the Redhead explosion…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Scrub Risks Fires at Stockton
Alderman Quantrill mentioned at Stockton Council last night the necessity of clearing the scrub about the municipality…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flames Checked Gippsland Forest Fires Hard Fight Melbourne
Although the bushfires on Mount Disappointment are still raging, the position is not now regarded as serious…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fought the Fire Fiend— and Won
The Governor of Victoria (Lord Stradbroke), shakes hands with Mr. W. Penny, one of the pioneers of Pennyweight Creek, Fumina. Mr. Penny hat been burnt out three times. Lady stradbroke is standing at the back of the picture…
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At the lodging house of Demetrius Spones, in George-street, Haymarket. outbreaks of fire occurred in a bed-room at 12.30 a.m. to-day…
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