Fire at Goolma. Store and Post Office Destroyed. Mudgee
Early this morning a store and the post office at Goolma, between Wellington and Mudgee, were burnt to the ground. The damage is estimated at…
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FIRES Blaze at Leichhardt inmate Severely Burnt SYDNEY
A weatherboard cottage occupied by Charles Arndt, was destroyed by fire at Leichhardt, while an adjoining cottage was severely damaged by fire and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Grass Fires
On Friday last word was seat in to Hillston that a grass fire was burning fiercely on Mr Bart McKenzie's property at Camp Plain…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Extinguisher Demonstration
On Wednesday evening a successful demonstration of fire lighting with the "Simplex" Extinguisher, was given by Mr. H. S. Brackenbury of Wormald…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storms and Fires. Visitation in Lockhart District Lockhart
To-day, two thunderstorms, accompanied by heavy lightning, passed over the Lockhart district. The wind was very strong at intervals and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Fires. in Lockhart District. Extensive Damage Reported. LOCKHART
Further details respecting the numerous bush fires in the Lockhart district yesterday snow that the fire fighters had a particularly arduous…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →P.F.A. Fire Salvaged Wool. Sydney
Two hundred and sixty men are engaged in savings work at the gutted P.F.A. building at [?] Point, and they are making a [?] clearance of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Playing with Fire a Baby’s Death. Brisbane
Allan Radcli[?]e, 4½ months old, was burned to death to-day His 4½-year-old brother struck a match near the sleeping child’s cot, and the mosquito net…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires South Australia Suffers Adelaide
Extensive bush fires have been raging over 100 square miles of country in the [?] east for weeks. The grass in some of the localities is 8ft…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Mingay Blaze. Where Did the Fire Start? Start a Trail. or Get to the River
On Friday last Mr. Coroner Weekes held an inquiry at Gundaqai Court House concerning the destruction, by fire, of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Local and General Fire Excitement
The fire bell clanged this morning. The scene of the excitement was a tank of tar at the railway station. It boiled over. The brigade attended, but…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Early Morning Blaze W.B. Cottage at Leichhardt Escaped in Night Clothes SYDNEY
A fire completely destroyed a weatherboard cottage at Leichhardt early this morning. The occupants were awakened by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Goods Shed. Destroyed By Fire Brisbane
The railway goods shed at Pittsworth, Queensland, has been totally destroyed by fire. The origin of the outbreak is a mystery…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Fire Glasgow’s Record Whisky Store Saved. London, Jan. 21
In a fire [?] Glasgow—one of the most disastrous in the city’s history —buildings covering two acres and comprising the largest railway goods…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Sydney Fire Sydney
A fire occurred in Liverpool Street. City, to-night, the top floor of Hughes and Company’s tea warehouse of three stories being gutted and the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Canvas Ballroom Catches on Fire Four Men Injured SYDNEY
While trying to subdue the flames from a fire which broke out in a canvas ball room at a carnival in Centennial Park, four men were burnt about the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Mingay Fire. About 200 Acres Standing Wheat Crop Consumed. Magisterial Inquiry
At the Court-house on Friday an inquiry was held by Coroner Weekes into the cause of the fire near Mingay siding on 6th January, which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mail Car Destroyed by Fire
On Sunday, Mr. Stanley Montgomery, man contractor for the Urana Road [?], had the misfortune to lose his motor car, which was destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in a Crop. a Serious Charge Soldier Settler Committee
The verdict at a Coronial inquiry at Forhes into the issue of a fire at Coma Soldier Settlement, on November 30, was that the damage done was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Mingay Fire
On Friday last Mr. Coroner Weekes held an inquiry at Gundagai Court House concerning the destruction by fire, of about 200 acres of wheat crop…
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