Big Fire at Taree Shortage of River Water Many Buildings Destroyed Taree
The most disastrous fire at Taroo for eighteen years occurred last night when Gilbert Walton’s cycle shop in Manning st. was burned and…
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Fire at Stanthorpe. Brisbane
A fire at Stanthorpe this morning destroyed Seamen’s buildings occupied by Browne’s Cafe Webster’s Cafe ; Iwers, an agent ; Buz[?]cott and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Brucedale “Clarence Vale” Destroyed
A fire occurred Tuesday at Brucedale, when Clarence Vale,'” the homestead of Mr H. B. Koetz, was burnt to the ground the furniture and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Rude Awakening! Fire at Hurlstone Park. SYDNEY
Richard Vanderfield, of Hurlstone Park, was awakened from his sleep, early this morning, to find flames bursting through the wall of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Another Queensland Fire. This Time at Toowoomba. BRISBANE
Five shops at Toowoomba, Queensland, were totally gutted by fire this morning. The buildings were covered by…
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Five shops at Toowoomba, Queensland, were totally gutted by fire this morning. The buildings were covered by insurance…
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A fire this rooming destroyed the buildings occupied by Brown's Cafe, Webster's Cafe, Irwin's (agent), Birzcott and Brown (orchardists' suppliers)…
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Yesterday the Kyeamba Shire Council decided, after receiving letters from those bodies, to donate £2/2/ to each of the Coffin Rock and Lake Albert…
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A bush fire occurred at Harefield yesterday on M’NT[?]a Bros.’ property, The outbreak started at about 8 o’clock, and burned 10 acres of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Promptness Averts Fire Sydney
A caretaker’s promptness this morning [?]verted what night have been a very disastrous fire. An outbreak in a room…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Melbourne. Melbourne
J. Corder's paint and oil factory at Prahran was destroyed by fire on Saturday morning. The origin of the fire is simple. A man was showing…
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Owing to the excessive heat a large number of bush fires broke out around Sydney to-day. A big fire occurred near Liverpool, but fortunately the wind…
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Yesterday morning a spark from the engine of a travelling chaffcutting plant caused a fire to start on the property of Mr. M. J. Hardiman Ashmont. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fifty-five Fires. In One Afternoon. SYDNEY
During yesterday afternoon no fewer than 55 fires were reported at fire headquarters, and in nearly every case they entailed serious…
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Damage estimated at from £500 to £600 was caused by a fire at a house to-day. The occupants, Mrs. Mary Lewis and her two children just…
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An outbreak of fire occurred on the steamer Zealandia to-day after her arrival from Hobart. The Fire Brigade [?]su[?]ned the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Fire. Crop and Stacks Destroyed
A very destructive fire occurred yesterday on Mr M. J. Hardiman’s property, “Ashmonut,” near Camplin’s Hotel, about 4 miles out from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Fire Mystery Young Man Incinerated Melbourne
Horace Firth, a young man, member of the firm of Underwood and Fifth Estate Agents, of High Street, Thornbury, and who boarded at 50…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Hospital. Bedridden Patients Hurriedly Removed. SYDNEY
A fire broke out at the Cedars Private Hospital, Ashfield, yesterday afternoon. A number of patients, several of whom were bedridden,…
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Shortly after midday yesterday a fire broke out on Mr. J. F. O’Regan’s property at Oak Hill, and before the flamey could be not under control…
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