Fire at a Hotel. Berne
A fire occurred at the Grand Hotel Continental Montreux. The guests were rescued through the burning roof…
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Fires & bushfires, 1911
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Fire in Oxford-street. Sydney
A destructive fire occurred in Oxford-street at an early hour this morning, which broke out in Green's furniture and frame premises, which were completely…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Lismore
AN eleven roomed dwelling, occupied by Mr. T. Geraghty, and situated in Bexhill-road, three miles from Lismore, was totally destroyed by fire on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in Winnipeg. Winnipeg
A great fire broke out in Winnipeg, and nine business houses were Rutted, the loss being estimated at £60,000. No lives were lost. The firemen worked under…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fire Claims. Sydney
Claims aggregating £50,000 have been preferred against the Railway Commissioners in connection with the recent disastrous bush fires in the Albury district,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire on a Steamer. London
A fire broke out on the steamer Fifeshire, from New Zealand ports, while she was discharging cargo at Avonmouth. Some damage was done by fire and water…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Brigade Board. Inquiry Opened. Sydney
Acting Judge Edmunds, to-day opened the inquiry into the administration of the Fire Brigades Board. The first witness was W. G. Acocks,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Anarchist Fire
The principal tenant of the house number 100, Sidney-street, which was burned in the fight with the anarchists, claims from the City Corporation £900, damages…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire in Sydney
The accidental overturning of a can of turpentine on a gas ring caused a fire at the factory of Graham Brothers, Camperdown, on Thursday morning. The building was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →How the Fire Spread
The first on the spot was Mr. E. J. Bingeman, a clerk employed in the Commercial Bank. He states that as near as he can judge it was then about half-past 2,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Brigades Board. the Investigation Commission Sydney
The Fire Brigades Commission sat again to-day. Chas. Bowen, chairman of the late Board, gave further evidence of the transactions…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire at Coraki. Business Block Burned. —immense Damage Done. Every Building Destroyed
The quiet village of Coraki was the scene yesterday morning of one of those disasters which are only too apt to come to the unprepared country town. Some…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Destructive Fire. Vancouver
The Traders' Hotel und the theatre adjoining, with a number of business houses, have been destroyed at Clarksburg, West Virginia. Panic stricken women had to be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fires
Owing to an immense flre break, whichthe fighters burnt in various places many miles ahead of the fire front, and aided by changes of wind, the outbreak in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coraki Fire
WHEN the news wAs postal on the EXPRESS board that Coraki had almost suffered the same fate as Murwillumbah at the hands of the fire fiend many were the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Lesson of the Fire
At different times during recent years this paper has drawn the attention of townspeople to the tremendous risks they run through failing to provide for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Origin of Fire a Mystery
How the blaze started is a complete mystery. Messrs. Stokes and Priddice closed up as usual at 6 p.m. on Thursday, and no one was in the shop afterwards. At…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Need of a Fire Brigade
As may be gathered from the foregoing, the need of a thoroughly organised and well-equipped fire brigade for Coraki was brought home to the people here as it…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Disastrous Fire at Coraki. A Whole Block Destroyed. Coraki
THE most disastrous fire in the history of Coraki occurred this morning. Practically the whole of the principal block was destroyed, only one business place…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Brigades Board. the Inquiry Commission. a Matter of Boots. Sydney
The Fire Brigades' Commission sat again to-day, when Mr. Acocks, the public accountant, was recalled, and gave evidence as to the financial condition of the Board,…
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