Huge Grass Fire
MELBOURNE, Friday.--The Mildura police received a telegram this morning stating that a grass fire had crossed the South Australian border, and destroyed 100,000 acres of grass in…
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Fire at Corowa. Saving Racehorses
COROWA, Friday.--At 2 o'clock this morning the fire-bell rang out, giving warning of an outbreak of fire at M'Ivor's Empire Hotel, at Wahgunyah. Captain Ritchie, with the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire on the Frankdale. Another Outbreak
MELBOURNE, Saturday:—Anotter outbreak of fire has occured in the bunkers of the Frankdale at Port Melbourne pier whither the vessel was removed on Wednesday from…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Crops Destroyed by Fire. Perth
A severe electrical storm occurred at York at midnight on Wednesday. Lightning set fire to a standing crop at Clifton's property, and a strong breeza caused the fire to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Fire-fighters. a Record Year
Superintendent Webb, of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, has compiled a Summary of the work of the city's fire-fighters during the twelve [?]onths just completed…
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A very clever idea just patented in America is an automatic fire kindler, the operation of which is regulated by the ordinary alarm clock…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire in an Hotel. Brigade Crosses Border. Corowa
M'Ivor's Empire Hotel at Wahgunyah, a two-storied brick building was partially destroyed by fire this morning. About 2 o'clock the Corowa Fire Brigade was summoned, and,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Fire Brigade and the Military. to the Editor
Sir,—The appalling devastation of fire at present throughout the Commonwealth has involved disastrous consequences to the people and country. The…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Thrilling Fire Scene. Tragic End of a Mother and Baby
Six Italians were burned to death in a fire which occurred in a tenement house in New York on November 24. Nearly a hundred persons were asleep in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our Fire Brigades. Work of the Year. the New Brigades Act. Its Satisfactory Powers
The year 1909 concluded without anything very sensational in the way of outbreaks of fire. The last big fire occurred about three , weeks ego, at Cabramatta, when a very hot day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Marsfield Bushfire. Fighting the Flames. Death of a Man from Heart Failure
The district coroner, Mr. M. S. Love, S.M., held an inquest at the Ryde Court-house on Monday into the circumstances surrounding the death of Mr. Charles…
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The liner Celtic arrived at Liverpool with the cotton in the hold on fire. There were 400 passengers on board, but they had no knowledge, of the outbreak until the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →New Fire Brigades Act. Its Provisions Explained by Superintendent Webb. City and Country to Benefit
The Fire Brigades Act of New South Wales came into operation yesterday Seen yesterday by a "Sunday Times" representative Superintendent Webb gave…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Country. Fire at Katoomba
KATOOMBA, Saturday.--A serious outbreak of fire occurred on New Year's Eve at the Methodist Parsonage, near the church, Katoomba, occupied by the resident minister, Rev. T. F…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Serious Shooting Affray. Farmer Fires at His Wife. Wounds His Two Stepsons
ADELAIDE, Sunday.--An exciting shooting affray occurred at Kulpara, near Port Wakefield, yesterday, Richard Lambden, a farmer, who had been absent some months at Renmark,…
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A fire occurred in the Methodist parspnage, occupied by the Rev. T. F. Potts. When discovered the fire had burnt the studding between the plastor walls of two rooms and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Fighting. the New Act in Force. Commissioners for the State
The Fire Brigades Act, 1902, was found to contain certain technical legal flaws, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Remarkable Waterspout Resembling a Ship on Fire. Sighted by the Wyreema
Considerable excitement was created among the passengers by the A.U.S.N. Company's steamer Wyreema, while proceeding down the coast of this State on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tasmanian Bush Fires
LAUNCESTON, Monday.--The weather is intensely hot, and bush fires are ravaging the countryside. Yesterday the battery and outbuilding of the Australian mine were destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bush Fires in Tasmania. Hobart
Flerce bush fires are raging throughout the Lottah district. The battery and out-buildings at the Australia mine were totally destroyed. Many settlers' homes were…
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