Botany Blaze Wool Sheds Burnt Out. an Illuminated Sky
At about 10.30 o'clock last night a fire broke out at the promises occupied by Messrs. Thomas Elliot and Co., Ltd., wool-scourers. Spring Vale, Mascot…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fires & bushfires, 1913
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Minor Fires
The New Year rejoi[?]gs were responsible for a couple of bonfires getting out of hand in the early hours of the morning. The Metropolitan Fire Brigade received calls from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Blaze at Botany. Wool Shed Destroyed
The wool[?] establishment of Messrs. Thomas Eillott and Company, Mascot, is to all intents and purposes isolated. That circumstance made much easier the task of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Two Fires at Parkes. Parkes
Two disastrous fires occurred last night. A four-roomed house, the property of a man named Davis, near Bushman's Dam, was destroyed shortly before 10 o'clock. A heavy…
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LONDON, Monday Evening. -- Eight shops and stores at Hamilton, Scotland, have been destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at £20,000…
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PORTLAND, Tuesday. -- A billiard room and barber's saloon in Wolgan-street were entirely destroyed by fire early this morning. The premises are occupied by Mr. H. M'Laughlin,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Crystal Palace Fire. New Business Arrangements
The fire at the Crystal Palace has compelled the complete closure of the Winter Garden, and it will be some time before it tan be re-opened. The decorations were de…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Racecourse Fire. Totalisator Burned. Brisbane
The large totallsator machine on the Eugle Farm racecourse at Ascot was totally destroyed by fire last night. The caretaker observed flames and volumes…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Crystal Palace Fire. the Amount of Insurance
Although it is known that the insurance on the Crystal Palace, which was seriously damaged by are last night are in excess of the [?]mated damage of £30,000 no figures are…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →City Fire. Crystal Palace Theatre. Heavy Damage
Shortly after 11 o'clock last night a fire broke out in the film exchange in the Crystal Palace Theatre, George-street, and great damage was done to the store portion of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Fire Fiend. Melbourne's Record for 1912
MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- During 1912 the Metropolitan Fire Brigade responded to 2075 fire calls, as against 1580 in 1911. There were 673 actual fires, that is fires which did damage…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire at Botany. Wool-packing Shed Destroyed
Shortly before 11 o'clock last night the watchman, James Whittle, at Elliot and Co.'s wool sheds, Floodvale, Botany, noticed smoke issuing from the roof of the wool-packing…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"Red Tape" Discarded. Train Officers and a Fire. Melbourne
A novel manner of giving a fire alarm was adopted at Morwell early this morning. While the goods train from Warragal to Traralgon was running into Morwell at 1 a.m. the train…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Theatre on Fire. Crystal Palace Severely Damaged. Outbreak in Film Room. Audience Leaves Quietly
A sudden outbreak of fire severely damaged the Crystal Palace Theatre last night, commencing just before the crowded spectators began to leave the hall. The orderly manner in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Crystal Palace Fire. Brigade's Fierce Fight. Molten Glass and Cracking Marble. Million and a Half Feet of Films Burnt. Winter Garden Wrecked. Damage Estimated at £30,000
Where grandeur reigned at the Crystal Palace, is George-street, Haymarket, last night, ru[?] is supreme this morning. When the theatre, winter garden, and all the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →State Fire Insurance
The “Daily Telegraph” is now so well known throughout the State as the champion of the monopolist and the combine, and the bitter opponent…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Fire. Auckland
An old man named M'Lean was burned to death at Birkenhead, where a cottage and other buildings were destroyed. The damage is estimated at £2000. German sailors from…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Theatre Fire. Damage Extensive
The survey of the scene of Tuesday night's fire at the Crystal Palace Theatre, George-street, revealed the fact that the damage was even more severe than was surmised at the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire at Leongatha. Melbourne
A fire broke out at 8 o'clock this evening in a large two-story coffee palace occupied and owned by Mr. C. Harrison, in M'Cartin-street, Leongatha. In half an hour the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire Motor Bolts. Several Firemen Injured
While going to a bush fire at midday today the motor fire engine from the Bellevue Hill station bolted down Fairfax-road and overturned at the bottom of the street…
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