FIRE! Danger in Plough Discs
The experience of a farmer in the Kerang district (says the Melbourne "Argus") in regard to the focussing power of discs on an ordinary disc plough should be widely…
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Fire on the Fifeshire. Some Cargo Damaged. London, Jan. 18
Fire and water damaged the cargo aft of the Fifeshire from Wellington (N.Z.) November 25, while discharging at Avonmouth. The butter and cheese were not…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Managing the Fire Fighters Alleged Unsatisfactory. Matters. Royal Commission of Inquiry
Evidence concerning the administration of the Fire Brigades Act was taken before a Royal Commission sitting in the Chief Secretary's Department to-day. Acting-Judge…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Camperdown. Factory Destroyed. Three Girls Leap for Life. a Twelve-foot Jump
The accidental overturning of a can of turpentine on top of a lighted gas ring caused an outbreak of fire in the factory of Messrs. Graham Brothers, George-street, Camperdown,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Brigade Administration. Commission of Inquiry. Evidence by Inspector of Accounts. Some Unsatisfactory Matters
Mr. Acting-Judge Edmunds opened an Inquitry at the Chief Secretary's Office. Sydney, this morning. into the purposes 10 which public and other funds have been devoted by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Aftermath of a Bush Fire
Mr. P. S. Hunt, estate agent of New South Wales railways, and Mr. J. W. Bretnall, acting for the Solicitor for Railways, are in Albury inquiring into…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bush Fires Beaten. Enormous Area Covered. Wentworth
The balance of the Wentworth contingent to the bush fire returned this afternoon, several having returned earlier in the week. Owing to the immense firebreak which the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Store Burnt Out. Big Blaze at Kurri Kurri. West Maitland
A fire broke out in the large storeroom of the Cooperative Store at Kurri Kurri at 5 o'clock this morning. The building was gutted, and goods valued at £700 were destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor on Fire
Last night, about 10 o'clock, the driver of motorcar 1041 suspected a leak in his naphtha tank. He stopped the car, lit a match, and found the leak. Fortunately when the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Blaze. Tremendous Damage at Coraki. a Block Wiped Away
CORAKI. Friday.—At 2 o'clock this morning a fire [?] in the Richmond Terrace. Coraki. which faces the river and was not checked until a whole block was wiped out the damage…
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KURRI KURRI, Friday.—The storeroom and produce department of the Kurri Kurri Co-operative Society were gutted by fire early this morning and considerable damage was done…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Car on Fire
A motor car standing in Ben Boyd-road. Neu-tral Bay. about half-past 8 o'clock on Thursday night, suddenly caught fire, caused, it was supposed by vapor spirit coming in contact with…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Factory Destroyed. Big Blaze at Camperdown. Girls Leaf From a Window
A serious fire occurred at Camperdown at about 9.30 yesterday morning. The fire, which broke out in the factory of Messrs. Graham Bros., George-Street, Camperdown, was caused…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Terrible Fire. Three Lives Lost. Kalgoorlie
A terrible firr occurred at the Boulder a few minutes before midnight. The fire broke out in a house in Dyer-street, two doors from Hamilton-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tragic Fire At. Kalgoorlie. Three Lives Lost
At an early hour of Thursday morning a fire broke out in a house occupied by a miner named Patrick O'Dowd and his wife and family of two children, at Kolgoorlie (W.A.). On…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Brigade Inquiry. Alleged Maladministration. Royal Commission Takes Evidence
"Hiring of the board's two motor cars by a member of the board for political purposes." This was an interesting count in the indictment, though not the gravamen of the charges,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Tragic Fire. Father and Two Children Perish. Mother's Pathetic Plight
KALGOORLIE, Thursday.--A fire with a tragic result occurred early this morning. A house occupied by Patrick O'Dowd, With his family, was found in flames…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →On Fire at Sea. the Parisiana Abandoned. Captain and Crew Rescued
Messrs. Houlder Bros, and Co, have received a message from Albany, West Australia, stating that the steamer British Transport, which arrived this morning, from,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Disastrous Fire Coraki Partly Destroyed. Damage Estimated at $40,000. LISMORE
Somewhere about 3 o'clock this morning that people of Coraki were awakened by a fire, which swept envoy half the town before it was, quelled…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Brigade Board. Royal Commission of Inquiry. Matters for Investigation. the President's Dealings
Acting Judge Edmunds, who has been appointed a Royal Commission to inquire into the purposes to which public and other funds have been devoted by the late Fire Brigades…
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