Fire on Steamer Two Persons Dead; 90 Rescued From Bay Baltimore
Two persons are dead, five injured, and three missing as a result of an explosion and a fire , in an excursion steamer—the City of Baltimore—in…
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£100,000 Fire Soap Factory Destroyed 300 Men Thrown Idle Sydney
Damage estimated at £100,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed the works of Australian Soaps Ltd. at Alexandria last night. The blaze was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Disastrous Fire At Goldsbrough Mort Wool Store Great Damage Done Many Prize Stud Sheep Incinerated MELBOURNE
Goldsbrough Mort and Co's woal store, in Bourke-street, was partly destroyed by fire last night and many prize stud sheep, penned…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Spanish Steamer Attacked by Submarines Shelled and Machine-gunned Without Warning Many of Crew killed; Vessel Set on Fire Bodies Washed to French Coast Captain Tells Graphic Story LONDON
Her crew decimated and her hull riddled, the Spanish cargo vessel, Andutz Mendi, was left burning, and sinking off the coast of France. Machine-guns, incendiary bombs and shells were used against her in a sudden and unresisted…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sheep Burned in Melbourne Fire
The sheep owners who suffered losses through the disastrous fire at the skin and wool store of Golds-borough Mort and Co., Bourke St.,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cartridge in Copper Fire Explodes
After having placed an old pair of boots under the copper fire when she was washing yesterday morning, Mrs. Matilda Robinson, wife of Mr. Lionel…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Goldsbrough Mort Fire Owners of Sheep Lost and Saved
The sheep owners who suffered losses through the disastrous fire at the skin and wool store of Goldsbrough Mort and Co., Bourke-street…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →'Plane on Fire Nine Killed Italian Air Liner CAIRO
Five members of the crew and four passengers, the entire complement of an, Italian air liner, were killed when the 'plane caught fire in landing at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nine Killed on Italian Air Liner Plane on Fire Cairo
Five members of the crew and four passengers, the entire complement of an Italian air liner, were killed when the plain caught fire in landing at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Fire at Goldsbrough Mort's Wool Store, Melbourne Many Prize Stud Sheep Incinerated
Goldsbrough Mort and Co's wool store, in Bourke Street, Melbourne, was partly destroyed by fire on Saturday night and many prize stud sheep,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bus on Fire
When the carburettor back-fired, the engine of a bus belonging to the Airline Bus Co. Ltd. caught alight while the vehicle was travelling along the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Queensland Blaze Brisbane
Damage estimated at £14,000 was caused early to-day by a fire which gutted nine buildings in the main shopping centre of Miles, about 30 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Local and General Melbourne Fire
Many thousands of pounds worth of damage was caused by a fire which swept through the three-storeyed building in Little Bourke street,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Costly Fire in Melbourne Melbourne
Many thousands of pounds worth of damage was caused by a fire which swept through a three-storeyed building in Little Bourke-street last night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Firemen Busy Two Fires This Morning SYDNEY
When a fire broke out at Mosman early this morning a laundry was partly destroyed. The flames spread to an unoccupied cottage, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£17,000 Damage in Melbourne Fire Melbourne
Damage estimated at £17,000 was caused by a fire late on Saturday night at premises at 27-31 Little Bourke-street, Melbourne. owned by investors…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Mosman Firemen Rescued From Beneath Sheets of Hot Iron Sydney
A fire at Mosman early this morning destroyed a laundry within a few minutes, and when the brigade arrived on the scene they found the wood and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Safeblowers Cause Fire Sydney
It is believed that safeblowers were responsible for a fire which did £15.000 worth of damage at a laundry at Mosman yesterday. The safe was recovered…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Jugiong Extensive Damage To Hotel Buildings
The kitchen, laundry and a sitting room of the Jugiong Hotel, owned by Mrs. M. A. Sheahan, were completely…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Fire Station
Keeping abreast with the development of Leeton, the Fire Brigades Commissioners intend to build a commodious fire station on the…
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