Fires in Hamilton Timber Yard Blaze
Two outbreaks of fire occurred in Hamilton during the week-end, and resulted in considerable damage. The first was in the timber yards of…
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Fires & bushfires, 1929
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Fire at Stadium
Two separate outbreaks of fire, one in the eastern and the other in the western end, were discovered at Sydney Stadium at midnight on Saturday, but they were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Spirit Explodes Disastrous Fire Follows Melbourne
Richard Murray, 18, of Grey-street, South Yarra, was sealing a tin of methylated spirit yesterday in the upholstery workrooms of A. G. Stokes,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Hull Enormous Damage London
Four streets in the heart of Hull and many buildings have been involved in a fire, which spread with such rapidity that the police had to break in the doors of a…
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The change in the wind relieved the danger caused by bush fires in the Goulburn district during the weekend, but the countryside is very dry, and settlers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire-fighters Check Yallourn Coal Blaze
New South Wales has not been the only State where damage has been done of late by advancing flames. This picture shows fire-fighters pouring water from the top of the old open cut at Yallouru, in Victoria, on to the smouldering brown coal be low. Miles of hosing conveyed the water from the Latrobe River…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Trangie
A spark from a railway locomotive is believed to have been the cause of a fire which destroyed Wambianna shearing shed and sheep yards during the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hospital Art Union Fire Brigades' Effort
Although, for various reasons, the attendance was not as large as desired, optimism was the note struck at a meeting in Wallsend Fire Station last night to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Battle Against Fire Yallourn Brown Coal Mine Melbourne
A statement issued by the Victorian Electricity Commission this evening expresses the hope that the main outbreak of fire in the old open cut at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Albury Bush Fires
The bush fire at Woomah is still burning, and is working its way up the river through Half Gap. Between 700 and 800 acres of grass…
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The State Cabinet had before it yesterday a report of the Sub-committee which went into the question of co-operation between Federal and State authorities in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bakery Destroyed by Fire
Damage estimated at £2000 was caused when a factory occupied by the Harris Park Bread Company was destroyed by fire at Harris Park on Tuesday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Yallourn Mine Fire Almost Extinguished Melbourne
A report issued by the Electricity Commission this afternoon states that the fire which burned fiercely in the open cut at the Yallourn Brown Coal…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hospital Appeal Fire Brigades' Effort Question of Distribution
At the meeting of the Newcastle Hospital Board of Directors last night, a letters was received from Mr. R. J. Montgomery, acting-secretary to the Royal…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Near Dandalup West Australia the Township Saved Perth
A bush fire, which has already caused damage estimated at between £50,000 and £70,000, started yesterday at North Dandalup, and at one time threatened to wipe…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bellbird Fire "Suspicious Circumstances"
Mr. J. T. Richards, Coalfields Coroner, will conduct an injury at Cessnock Courthouse on Monday into a fire which broke out in the stores…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Brigades' Art Union
Although the Fire Brigades Union has instructed its members not to associate with committee established to assist the New South Wale Fire Brigades Art…
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A largely attended meeting of representatives of the Fire Brigades, and the Hospitals in the Newcastle and Maitland districts was held at the Fire Brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Fire Brigade Cook's Hill Station Proposed Additions
Mr. T. J. Smith. M.L.C., President of the Board of Fire Commissioners, and Chief-officer T. Nance are visiting Newcastle in connection with the proposal by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fires Caused by Engine
Sparks from a railway locomotive are claimed to have been responsible for six separate outbreaks of fire at Junee on Wednesday. Fortunately all were…
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