Fire
[?] after [?] hour to-day a tire broke out at the rear of Mr. Solomon's' chaff[?]shed d fanned by strong wind made great headway in the direction…
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Fires & bushfires, 1914
49 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 3
Outbreak of Fire
Early this afternoon a fire broke out amongst some packing [?]ses piled up at the tear of the chaff sh[?] bei[?] Mr. Solomon's stores. The fire original…
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Within a few doors of George Street West fire station, shortly after four a.m. on Thursday, the Sunshine Buildings, owned by Mr. Hugh V. M 'Kay,…
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ABOUT 1 o'clock yesterday a fire started at the residence of Mr. John Flint, Reedy Creek, Sutton Road. It is thought that the fire started first in the…
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Tremendous bush fires are raging on the Upper Murray. Many settlers lost heavily, some being ruined. Thousand upon…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Large Fire at Ganmain
A big fire occurred at Ganmain on Sunday afternoon which is supposed to have started in Mr. Basil Cole's shop. The flames spread until four other shops were…
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Shortly before six o'clock on Saturday evening, a fire, which proved of a destructive character, broke out at the Goodradigbee Shire Office and bat for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MELBOURNE, Monday. Big Fire at Prahran
A big fire occurred at Prahran yesterday. The Colosseum, a well-known drapery store, with a large stock, was…
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In the short space of one hour on Sunday afternoon the well-known drapery store, "The Colo[?] in Chapel-street, Prehram, (Vic) was, with its large stock, destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lava and Fire
A terrific eruption at Sakurashima, a Japanese island, has destroyed several villages, and hundreds of people have perished. Enormous blocks of stone were…
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The temperature in New York on Wednesday was below zero. Nine death which have occurred are due directly or indirectly to the severe weather. Many…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →City Clothing Factory Gutted by Fire
A fire, remarkable for the rapidity with which it did its work of destruction, yesterday afternoon gutted the premises of S. Weing[?]tt and Sons, Ltd.,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Big Fire. Sussex-street Warehouse Alight. Damage Estimated at £5000
With the flames leaping about 30 feet into the air, and dancing half-way across the road, the firemen thought, when they were on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Commissioners' Powers
Under the existing law the Board of Fire Commissioners is restricted in the expenditure of loan money. This has been found to considerably hamper the board in seeing…
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THE newly-appointed president of the Board of Fire. Commissioners, Mr. F. Flowers, M.L.C., replied on Saturday to criticisms which have lately…
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The new-appointed president of the Board of Fire Commissioners, Mr. F. Flowers, M.L.C., has replied to criticisms which have lately appeared on the administration of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires at Araluen
Two fires of an extraordinary nature occurred at Araluen early on Monday morning last It was extraordinary inasmuch as the house destroyed by the first outbreak…
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On Wednesday last the coroner, Mr Jas. Higgins, J.P, held an inquiry at Araluen into the two fires which occurred there on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Araluen Fires. Verdict of Arson
The coroner, Mr. Jas. Higgins J.P., who held an inquiry into the late two fires at Araheld, after hearing the evidence, returned a verdict in each case that the places, were…
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