Country Township Devastated by Fire
Shortly after midnight on Thursday morning a fire was discovered in Parker's Hotel, West Narrabri (N.S.W.). It had gained a firm hold, and spread rapidly to all adjoining buildings…
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Sleeper Catches Fire. Express Passengers Alarmed
ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--Passengers by the Melbourne express had an unusual experience last evening. About 40 miles from Adelaide, between Nairne and Callington The guard…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Wool Works Partially Destroyed by Fire
A fire broke out early on Friday morning in the washhouse of Thomas Elliott and Co., Ltd., woolscourers, Springvale, Botany, Sydney. The works are spread over three acres of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Country Fires. Minimising Damage. Turbine Pumping Engines. What Superintendent Webb Says
"We can only minimise damage; we can't prevent the number of fires." This observation was made by Superintendent Weob to-day in answer to an inquiry…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Country Fire-- Business Portion of Narrabri West Destroyed
Group of workers about to begin the erection of a temporary structure. View of the ruins taken from where Joy's Hotel stood. Panoramic view from Moolabar-street of the destruction wrought by the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Big Country Fire. Destruction at Murrumburrah. Business Premises Suffer
MURRUMBURRAH, Tuesday.--An extensive fire occurred this morning in the main business centre, Albury and Bathurst streets. Six business premises were totally destroyed, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Mill Disaster. Explosion and Fire. Like an Earthquake. Heartrending Scenes
Our London correspondent cabled on November 25 an account of a terrible explosion, followed by a fire, and attended by serious loss of life at Betty's Oil Cake Mills Liverpool…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Three Men Incinerated. Shearers Roasted in Their Hut. Fatal Fire at a Boarding-house. Wellington (N.z.)
Several cases of persons being burned to death in fires which occurred during the holiday season have been reported. A particularly sad case occurred at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Round the Country: on the South Coast; New Bridge at Kyogle; Fire at Narrabri West. Narrabri West in Flames
Practically the whole of the business portion of the township of Narrabri West was destroyed by fire early on the morning of December 2S. The fire broke out in the…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →The Firing Line. English Press Photographer tells How He Fared Under Fire With His Camera. a Hail of Bullets
Mr. Frank Magee, the press photographer. who has supplied many of the Tripoli war pictures which have apepared in the English papers, has written an account of how he did…
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This morning fire calls started with an outbreak at the promises of the Sydney Milk and [?] Company [?]-street Redfern The fire was caused by the overheating of a boiler, and…
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BROKEN-HILL, Wednesday.--A three-roomed wood and iron house in Argent-lane was destroyed by fire last night. The house was unoccupied. The cause of the outbreak is…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—"The Gra[?] a mansion near Government House was [?] by fire this afternoon. The buildings and [?] were valued at [?] The structure [?]d…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Temora. Temora
A four-roomed weatherboard building situated at the back of the show ground, about a mile from the town, was totally destroyed by fire on Monday night, is while the inmates…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Clothes Caught Fire. Launceston
A serious burning accident happened this morning at Penguin to Amy Smith, a young woman. She was washing clothes, and, while standing with her back to the fire, her…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Rough on the Machinery. Thirty-one Fires in Three Days
The first three days of January, 1912, will long live in the memory, of the. officers of the Fire Brigade headquarters as being the most strenuous during their fire-fighting…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Perished in a Fire. Wellington (N.z.)
A fatal fire occurred in Taranakl-street, Wellington, this morning. A boardinghouse was gutted, and the remains of John Calvert, an elderly man, were discovered…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire Brigades Board. Dissatisfaction at Bathurst. Bathurst
At last night's meeting of the municipal council a communication was read, from the Fire Brigades Board regarding the council's contribution under the Fire Brigades Act…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our Fire Fighters. a Strenuous Years Work. "Never More Efficient"
The past year has been an extremely strenuous one for the men of the fire brigade, and never before has their courage, promptitude, and zeal, together with the efficiency of their…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Grass Fire at 'Cranbroox.' Government House Threatened. Servants Form Bucket Brigade
"Cranbrook," the State Governor's residence at Rose Bay, was threatened this afternoon, owing to a grass fire. The outbreak occurred a few minutes…
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