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Hardly had the firemen engaged at the Chemical Works' fire in City-road laat night, got rid of its acrid fumes, than the brigade was called out to a fire at a timber-drying…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →We regret to report that Mr R B Baynes suffered heavy loss last week through fire, 500 acres of grass and the park and garden fences being…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Paddington Fire Brigade received a call this morning to a small fire in a back bedroom of a house occupied by Robert Stanton, at 6 Alexander-street, Paddington. Matches…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A chemical store, heavily stocked with combustible drugs, from which overpowering fumes were emitted, blazed with such fierceness in City-road, South Melbourne, to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →BROKEN-HILL, Friday.--A fire occurred in West Broken-hill last night, when a 7-roomed residence in Williams-street, together with contents, was totally destroyed. The brigade was…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A bush fire broke out on Mr. H. Johnston's property, Cattai, and made a clean sweep of all the higher portions of the block enclosed between the two creeks…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WEST WYALONG, Friday.--A Ford motor car, the property of Mr. K. J. Callen, was destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon. The owner was in the motor garage doing some soldering…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A startling fire broke out at Ardeer Explosives Factory, Scotland, last month. The outbreak in a house where the cordite is dried. A stove containing twenty tons of cordite caught fire and the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →MELBOURNE, Friday.--A destructive fire occurred to-night at South Melbourne in a two-story brick building occupied by the Australian Chemical Manufacturing Co. and the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A fire, resulting in severe injuries to several people, the destruction of a motor car, and some damage to premises, occurred in the machinery depot of J. T. Wood,…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →A fire occurred in the coal in the starboard bunker of the Adelaide S.S. Co.'s steamer Yankolilla while lying in the basin in the harbor this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Russian steamer Etonla has been abandoned on fire in the Indian Ocean. Thirty-one persons were saved and eleven are missing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A disastrous fire at Birmingham practically destroyed the Leyland rubber works. Seven hundred employees have been thrown idle…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Several small fires occurred in the suburbs on Saturday, the damage done in each case being very slight. Mosman Fire Brigade received a call to a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Burwood Fire Brigade received a [?] to a fire in Gordon Musgrove's hairdressing and tobacconist's shop in Burwood-road. Burwood, at 20 minutes to [?] morning. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At the end of the present month the Parramatta Fire Brigade, which has existed since 1859, will terminate its work, and the partially-paid men will give way to a permanent staff…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →ADEN, Friday Evening.--The Russian steamer Eatonia has been abandoned at sea, having caught fire. Eleven of the crew are missing, including…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Russian steamer Eatonia has been abandoned owing to an outbreak of fire. Eleven of the crew, including the captain are missing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The death occurred, late on Sunday night, at the fire brigade headquarters, Castlereagh-street, Sydney, of the chief officer of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, Mr. Alfred Webb. The…
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