Escape From Fire
SYDNEY, Friday.—A wood and iron. structure used as a boiling room of the Sterling Varnish Company, Alexandria, was with its contents destroyed by fire this morning…
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Fires & bushfires, 1919
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General Telegrams. Fatality at Fire
AUCKLAND, Friday.—The Thames Hotel at Auckland has been partly destroyed by fire. An elderly man named William McGimm was suffocated in his bedroom, and…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—A fire causing considerable damage broke out in a warehouse used by Hales, Ltd., Reiby Lane, Sydney. The flames had a good hold before the brig…
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Yesterday the fire bell and stand were removed from the old position near the bridge to the rear of the new Fire Station at the foot of Church Hill where it…
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The steamer Aeon sighted a mine six miles from Cape Overard, 24 miles west of Gabo yesterday, on the direct route of vessels trading between Melbourne…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Martin's machinery, depot at Wellington, New South Wales, was gutted by fire this morning, the whole contents being destroyed, including a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Peat Fires. Swamp Areas Smoulder Away. Hundreds of Agrees Burnt
Under the influence of a summer sun, and the absence of rain for months at a stretch, the swamps in the district have practically…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Overseas Mails. Portion Damaged by. Fire and Water. SYDNEY
The Postal Department announces that portion of the mail now being delivered from the Ventura was damaged by fire and water on the Great Northern…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Charles Leach, aged 60, smelt escaping gas fumes at his residence at Surry Hills early this morning, and struck a match in order to locate the apparent leak…
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On Wednesday afternoon, about 4 o'clock, an alarm of fire was given at the station, and the fire bell elanged for the members of the…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.—Many families are homeless as the result of the recent disastrous bush fires at Boech Forest. From Bannol to the sea, a distance oF 30 miles,…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—About £30,000 worth of damage was caused through a fire destroying a building occupied by the Venser Timber Coy., Rozelle, to-night. The outbreak was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Near Nimbin. Narrow Escape of the Inmates
The 16-mile peg on the Nimbin road was the scene of a conflagration on Friday night, when the 6-roomed up-to-date residence of Mv. E. Smith, late of Uralba-street, Lismore,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →French Fire and Eloquence. a Tribute to the A.i.f
The cables some time ago referred to a beautiful and moving address given by the R.C. Bishop of Amiens in the church at Longe (Somme),…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—A fire was discovered last night at premises known as Bristol House, Elizabeth-street, in the centre of a large block of buildings. Sister Vimard, who…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Beech Forest Fires. Many Farmers Ruined and Homeless. MELBOURNE
Premier Lawson is visiting Beech Forest, the scene of the recent disastrous bush fires. Mile after mile of blackened waste, over 200,000 acres, has…
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Murwillumbah's new fire station was completed to all intents and purposes yesterday. The only remaining work to be done is by the electrical fitters,…
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Yesterday afternoon persons passing along Main Street noticed smoke rising from the verandah roof of the E.S. and A. Bank. On scaling the roof it was…
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AUCKLAND, Saturday.—Croft's flour mill at Auckland was totally destroyed by fire early this morning. The damage is estimated at many thousand pounds…
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The Fire Brigade has now shifted into its new quarters, together with all its gear. The change was made on Saturday afternoon. The old building near…
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