An Epidemic of Fires
Melbourne is very unfortunate at present as regards fires, which are occurring with alarming frequency. The majority of them are small, but, nevertheless, the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1927
484 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 25
To Fight Fires Melbourne Police Help Severe Outbreaks Melbourne
Forty additional police under an inspector were despatched this afternoon by motor car from Melbourne headquarters to assist in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Big Fire Navy Yard Destruction New York
Damage estimated at £200,000 to 2300,000 was caused by a fire in the navy yard at Brooklyn, U.S. Five anti-aircraft guns were destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Blazing Inferno" Caulfield Racecourse Stand Crowd Unperturbed Fire Burned as Race was in Progress MELBOURNE
The guinea stand at Gaulfield racecourse, where a big Autumn meeting was being held to-day, took fire at 2.30 p.m. People in the upper deck, who were watching the racing, did not seem to be perturbed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bushfires in Victoria Melbourne
Very hot weather was experienced throughout Victoria to-day. In Melbourne over 103 in the shade was registered. Many bush fires are reported…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Prisoners Help Bathurst Bush Fires BATHURST
When a per broke out on the Bathurst golf links yesterday, the Governor of the gaol sent out 20 prisoners to fight the flames, which…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wave of Relief Victorian Fires Checked MELBOURNE
A wave of relief has passed over Victoria owing to the fact that the bush fires are gradually diminishing. One or two are burning fiercely in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Laundry Fire Compensation Claim Fails
When the Hamilton Steam Laundry was destroyed by Are a few months ago goods loft to be laundered there were also destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire at Wangi Wangi Boarding-house Destroyed
A disastrous fire occurred at Wangi Wangi at a late hour on Sunday night, when the large boarding-house, known as "El-Mena," occupied by Mr. Frank Brown…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Garage Fires How They Are Caused
A recent issue of the "Agents' Magazine," issued by the Home Insurance Company of New York, contains an article that is of peculiar interest to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Nothing for Lambton Fire Brigade Expenditure
At Lambton Council meeting a fortnight ago, when the question of increased contributions for the maintenances of the New South Wales Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Fire for a Huge Dynamo
A huge dynamo, nearly three times as large so the biggest in the world to-day, is being built in America for the new State railway station on Lake Michigan…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →New Zealand Mining Tragedy Exploring a Fire Area Four Men Lose Their Lives. Wellington, Feb. 11
There has been another mining tragedy on the West Coast, four men having lost their lives in the Millerton mine on Saturday last. Arrangements had been made…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Leap for Safety Trapped in Factory Sydney Fire Sydney
When the factory of the General Rubber Company in Marieborough-street, Surry Hills, burst into flame to-day, a man and a boy had to make…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Brigades' Board Sydney
The Amending Fire Brigade Act wire assented to on January 21, 1927. Under the Amending Act, insurance companies, who had one representative, are granted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Glen Ayr Fire Heating Up of Coal "Not Alarming"
The fire that broke out in No. 10 bord at the Glen Ayr Colliery on Monday afternoon is not as serious as at first thought…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Chinese War Native Gunboats Mutiny. Fire on Native City. No Material Damage. (Australian Press Association.) SHANGHAI
The unbroken boom of heavy guns was audible in the foreign settlements last night. Shells have fallen in the French Concession, and many residents have fled…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Fire MANILA (Philipines)
A block in the business district of Manila bas been destroyed by fire, the loss being estimated at 4,000,000 pesos (approximately £400,000)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cut Off Cessnock Fire Peril Timely Help Early Morning Rescue
Cat off by flames, the occupants of premises in Vincent-street, Cessnock, early this morning were rescued…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Firemen Shocked Big Cessnock Blaze £6000 DAMAGE Midnight Outbreak
When firemen dashed into a burning building at Cessnock at midnight several of them got electric shocks…
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