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The failure of the Kuring-gal Shire Council to provide some protection against fire for the properties within its jurisdiction has not only aroused feelings of indignation, but forced the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A are which broke out in a house in Ramsay road, Haberfield, occupied by a fishmonger, G. H. Hasman, shortly after 7 o'clock on Monday night, severely damaged the kitchen…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Although the result of the poll for the seat on the Board of Fire Commissioners, as representative of the City Council and suburban municipalities, has not yet been officially…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The bush fires experienced during the last few weeks in the northern suburbs have induced Turramurra to act on its own behalf. After Chatswood is passed no fire-fighting…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At last meeting of Hornsby Council the recent fires naturally were discussed. The president (Cr. L. L. Ramsay) brought forward the minutes which he had submitted…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SACRAMENTO, Monday.--A fire occurred at the St. Nicholas block of apartments while the guests were at breakfast. It is known that five persons lost their lives…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Two women lost their lives as the result of a panic at a picture theatre. The panic was caused by a boy in the audience, either as a practical joke, or acting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The following telegram from the manager of of the Hampden South Consols mine was received to-day from the manager by the head office in Melbourne:—"Consols fire, outbreak…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Helen Chivell 23, a married woman, died in Melbourne Hospital this morning as the result of being severely burnt at her home Eastwood- street, Kensington, last night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Scenes of indescribable excitement were witnessed yesterday at a fire at an apartment house in Sacramento. The building was burnt to the ground…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Hon. Henry Wills, Speaker of the Legislatives Assembly. returned with Mrs. Willis and the misses willis form New Zealand by the steamer Maunganut this morning. Bronsed and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Considerable damage has been done by bush fires in the country. Miss Anderson, teacher at the Greenhill State school, had a thrilling experience to-day. When she saw the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The firemen in the metropolitan area had a busy time to-day, and were called out to eight bush fires and a blaze at Darling Harbor. At Cambridge-street, Willoughby, a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The metropolitan area was almost ringed with bush fires this morning. One of the must [?] Cambridge-street, Willonghly, where [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A few minutes after half-past G on Monday morning a fire was discovered in a two-storey building, owned by Mr. J. J. Dakin, in Lindsay-street, Gladesvllie. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Some time ago (writes a Taumarunui. N.Z., correspondent), a shop fire, fortunately extinguished before it took serious hold, on being investigated, was traced, theoretically, to a…
Continued on Trove, page 58 →MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Disastrous fires have been reported from various parts of the country and the suburbs. At Somerset-street, Richmond, to-night four houses were burned…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The fires brigades re[?] calls to four bush and grass fires this morning. Just after [?] about half-an-acre of graze was burned at the rear of Mr. H…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A meeting of the subscribers of the Turramurra Volunteer Fire Brigade was held last night to receive the report of the progress made by the temporary committee. The…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Mrs. Helen Chiveil (23) died in the Melbourne Hospital today from severe Injuries received at her home, Eastwood-street, Kensington, last evening…
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