A Dunkirk Fire. Damage to Clan Farquhar's Cargo
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 April 1911 · page 8
PARIS, Friday Afternoon;—A fire has seriously damaged goods which wore landed at Dunkirk from the steamer Clan Farquhar, and other vessels. The Clan Farquhar left Sydney for Dunkirk…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Serious Wharf Fire. Australian Wool Burnt. Paris, April 21
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 April 1911 · page 9
A fire has seriously damaged goods landed at Dunkirk from the steamer Clan Farqul[?]ar, from Port Pirie, and another steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire Fighting. Improving Country Facilities What the Board Contemplates
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 April 1911 · page 9
WEST MAITLAND, Saturday—Mr. G. H. Pitt (president) an Major Cracknel, of the board of five commissioner of New South Wales, accompanied by Divisional–officer Gorman, to–day…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →State Fire Insurance
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 April 1911 · page 8
Any news that the State is extending its functions is generally followed by a rush for billets, and the decision that the Government should insure its own buildings against fire is no…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Her Clothes Caught Fire
The Sun · Tuesday 25 April 1911 · page 5
Mr. Stephen Murphy (City Coroner) conducted an inquest yesterday into the death of Eleanor Grace Tighe, 33, who died on the 12th inst. in Sydney Hospital from the result…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Locksley Fire. Coronial Finding
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 April 1911 · page 11
BATHURST, Monday.--Mr. A. Gordon Thompson, deputy-coroner, inquired into the circumstances bf the recent fire at Locksley, which destroyed two stacks of hay,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire at Waterloo. a Store Gutted
The Sun · Tuesday 25 April 1911 · page 8
A building of three floors on a block adjoining Messrs. Mauri Bros, and Thompson's Waterloo Chemical Works, in Bourke street, Waterloo, used as a store for cork and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tug Magic on Fire. at Darling Harbor. a Mysterious Outbreak. Rull Saved by Brigade
Evening News · Tuesday 25 April 1911 · page 6
The tug Magic, the property of Messrs. B. Byrnes, Limited, coal merchants and steamboat proprietors, at the foot of Liverpool-street, Sydney, was partly destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Disastrous Fires
Globe · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 3
The New Zealand Paper Mills Company's premises at Woodhaugh, near Dunedin, were totally destroyed by fire. The insurances total £12,500 and 50 hands have been thrown out of…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 18
Also in The Sun
Last night a fire occurred at Saunders Brothers' bicycle shop, Church-street, Parramatta The wood-and-iron motor garage, 50ft x 25ft, was severely damaged. A motor car which…
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Globe · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 3
The Acting Treasurer of New South Wales states that his scheme of paying into the Government Fund premiums at present paid on risks held by five insurance companies over…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at a Mine
The Sun · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 3
Last night a fire occurred at the Lake View Consols goldmine. West Australia, causing serious damage to the poppet legs of the main shaft. The outbreak is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire on a Tug
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 4
During Monday night a fire broke out on Messrs. B. Byrnes and Co.'s tug Magic, lying in Sydney Harbour, and before being extinguished did…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Hotel Arcadia
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 13
At 8 o'clock last evening a quantity of bedding caught alight in the lumber room on the second floor of the Hotel Arcadia. The fire, which was of no consequence was quickly…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fire in Old Brewery
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 13
An outbreak of fire occurred yesterday, at midday, in a three-storied building in Bourke-street, Waterloo. The building, which was at one time used as…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Mr. T. H. Hicks' Fire Fighter
Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 24
Considering the devastation caused by bush and other fires, due importance must be attached to the exhibit of Mr. Thomas H. Hicks, of High-street, North Botany. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →A Tug on Fire. Vessel Severely Damaged
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 17
A fire broke out yesterday morning on the tug Magic, owned by B. Byrnes, Ltd., coal merchants and steamboat proprietors. The vessel was moored at the foot of…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →New Fire Damp Detector. Effective, Simple, and Cheap
The Sun · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 9
It was a pleasant duty last year when describing the Technical College annual exhibition to describe a new invention by Mr. John L. Bruce, a handy and portable…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire at Lake View Consols. Poppet-legs Damaged
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 9
KALGOORLIE, Tuesday.--Last night, about 10 o'clock, a fire occurred on the Lake View Consols Gold-mine, causing serious damage to the poppet-legs of the main shaft. The cause of…
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