Fire at Kempsey
A fire occured in the main street of Kampsey on Wednesday and destroyed six shops. It is believed the fire is originated through a lamp left burning in the bedroom of the shop of…
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Fires & bushfires, 1909
143 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 6 of 8
Women Join Strike Battle. Armed Men and Amazons Attack Police, Fire to Kill
BECAUSE the Pressed Steel Car Company insisted on paying their men by gangs instead of individually 3,500 employers struck work and fought pitched battles with the company's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Arson. the Talbragar-st. Fire. Verdict—Not Guilty
The Circuit Court was occupied the whole of Thursday and part of Friday with the case arising out of the Talbragar-street fire…
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Roberts' grocery shop in Oxford-street was gutted by fire early this morning. There was a very large stock which was only partly insured…
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At the Talbragar Shire Council on Saturday Mr. Roberts mentioned the need for the approaches to bridges and culverts being cleared of burrs, weeds and anything…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Fire Fiend. a Building and Contents Completely Demolished
On Saturday night last,, about 10 o'clock, when a large number of residents were still parading the streets, the fire bell rang out [?] dismal chime. People rushed in all…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Hobart
Ono of the largest fires over known in Hobart occurred early this morning, when the old Exhibition Building was destroyed. The whole block in which the building is situated suffered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An Alarm of Fire
ON Saturday night there was an alarm of fire, and the fire bell soon rang out its warning note to the brigade to turn out. It was reported that the outbreak had occurred in Fitzroy-street…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The First Crop Fire
A fire, which had been smouldering in the rubbish tip at the top of Bourke Hill, communicated itself on Wednesday to Mr. T. Wilkins crop of wheat on the east side,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire on Mr. T. Wilkins' Farm
WE regret to report an outbreak of fire which took place at one of Mr. T. Wilkins' cultivation paddocks on the Bourke road on Wednesday. The paddock was about 20 acres, with a quantity…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Orphan Home Fire. Ten Children Burnt. Brave Nun's Devotion
In the Roman Catholic orphan asylum at New York last night a fire broke out while the children were asleep, with the result that ten little ones were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rivers of Flames. Canadian Towns Devastated by Fire. Whole Families Cremated
An appalling disaster has overtaken British Columbia, the great mining and lumber region of Western Canada. The province has been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Burraga. Sydney
A big fire broke outon Wednesday night at Burraga, when a larga co tage, the property of Mr. John Bettles, was totally destroyed. The loss is a heavy one…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Blaze at Pyrmont. Damage Over £80,000. Saturday 2 p.m
A great fire is raging at Pyrmont. Saxton and Binns timber yard, Buckle's stores, Gray Bros (carriers), a Jerrace of houses and other…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trees That Fight Fire. and Mushrooms Which Lift Paving Stones
The common peanut, beloved of the American small boy, and, under its alias of “monkey-nut,” not unknown to the English cousin, grows in a…
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A bush fire on Mandiwa station, near Deniliquin, destroyed about fifty square miles of country…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Blaze in Sydney. Timber Yard Burnt
One of the most disastrous fires Sydney has known for a long time broke out at Saxton and Binn's timber yard, Pyrmont, on Saturday morning. The fire started at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Fire at Pyrmont
ONE of the most disastrous fires Sydney has known for a long time occurred at Saxton and [?]n's timber yards, Pyrmont, at an early hour on Saturda., The fire started at the rear of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Great Fire. (By Telegraph.) Sydney, November 20
A great fire is taking place at Pyrmont. Saxton & Binns' timber yard, Buckley's store, Gray Bros.' carriers, a terrace of houses and other places have been destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dealing with Fires
THE advent of the summer months and the presence of a [?]ance of dry grass and herbage, to say nothing of the crops still standing or unhoused, brings as face…
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