Department Store Fire Damage Exceeds £20,000 MELBOURNE
Damage estimated at between £20,000 and £30,000 was done by fire which destroyed the men's department in W. D. Leslie Pty. Ltd.'s store, at Sale…
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Fire at Warren Hotel and Several Shops Warren
The Royal Hotel and several adjoining buildings were guited by fire yesterday. The damage is estimated at £13,000…
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“It is at dangerous thing for people to go to the river, lighting fires and not putting them out. In a fire like the one now being inquired into the whole country might easily be set alight. The evidence does not allow me to bring in a verdict of arson, but I find…
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Roused by shouts from outside his residence about 12.45 o'clock on Saturday morning, Alfred Bond, 'bus driver, of 173 Norton-street, Leichhardt, clad…
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"It is a dangerous thing for people to go to the river, lighting fires and not putting them out. In a fire like the one now being inquired into, the…
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A letter has been addressed to the Prime Minister protesting against the proposed /introduction of 6000 cherry trees from Japan, owing to…
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When D. Missel, a watchman, saw two youths climbing over a fence at the rear of a warehouse last night, he called on them to stop. They did not…
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[?] of the cargo steamer Tele[?] told a thrilling story to-day fight against a fire which broke then the vessel was 2,700 miles…
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The officers of the cargo steamer Telemachus told a thrilling story of a fire in the cargo of coal when the ship was 1200 miles from Fremantle…
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At 1 o'clock this afternoon the fire bell rang, and the brigade rushed to the scene, to find that its services were not needed. Two children,…
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Mr. Coughlan, of the Fire Brigades Board, paid a visit to Leeton this week. Accompanied by Captain Mountford he made an inspection of…
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Capt Stubbs in charge of Wagga Fire Brigade advises that the bell traffic alarm attached to the motor fire engine has been dispensed with…
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In order that fire engines travelling along the street may have a distinctive sound the old gongs on fire engines are being replaced by electric sirens…
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The annual meeting of the Yathella Bush Fire Brigade was held in Yathella Hall recently. Mr. W. M. Hammond presided and Messrs. Booth, Begley,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Good [?]. Fire in Business [?] Two Storeroom[?] Alight
What might easily have been the biggest fire in the history of Wagga was averted yesterday by the prom[?] work of volunteers and the Fire…
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What night easily have been the biggest fire in the history of Wagga was averted yesterday by the prompt work of volunteers and the fire…
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The Wagga Fire Brigade quickly extinguished a fire yesterday afternoon which would have had very serious consequences but for its early…
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We recently emphasised the necessity of re-organising the bush fire brigades. Certainly the season is not so prolific as was the case when fires…
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Alderman E. E. Collins, Mayor of Wagga, who is the country councils' representative on the New South Wales Board of Fire Commissioners, last week…
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An incendiarist who is suspected of having caused a series of fires which occurred in the town in the past few weeks, appears to have…
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