Five Shops Destroyed. Early Morning Fire. Brisbane
A fire, resulting in the destruction of five shops on the western side of Willow-street, Killarney, and damage to one or two others, occurred early this morning…
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Disaster in the Red Sea. Russian Steamer on Fire
The Russian steamer Estonia has been destroyed by fire in the Red Sea, and news of the disaster was conveyed in a private letter received in Sydney yesterday from one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →More Bush Fires. Area at Bankstown Destroyed. Outbreak at Arncliffe
Bush fires raged, in several suburbs yesterday. The largest outbreak was At Bankstown, near the intersection of Little-road and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Government Aid. for Burnt Out Settlers
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Yesterday the Government was approached on behalf of a number of settlers who were rendered homeless, and who had thier crops destroyed by a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Blazing Bush. Bankstown Fire. Flames 60 Feet High
For six hours yesterday firemen from the Rookwood Fire Station worked tirelessly at a bush fire which, before it was overcome, burnt 300 acres of scrub and two miles of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Rubbish Tip on Fire. Three Cottages Saved
The Balmain firemen took their engine down to Grove-street about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and extinguished a fire on a big rubbish tip, the flames from which…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire at Armidale. Boot Factory Burned. Armidale
B. A. Moses and Co[?] boot factory, West Armidale, was discovered on fire at 4 o'clock this morning. The greater portion was completely destroyed. The trannery and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Big Fire in Winnipeg. Whole Block Destroyed. £60,000 Damage. Winnipeg
A big fire that occurred last night in the business section of the city resulted to the destruction of an entire block of buildings…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bush Fires Roast Sheep Alive
A message from Wellington (N.Z.) state:— "The bush fires in Poverty Bay are still raging with considerable…
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A four-roomed weather-board cottage occupied by J. Whittaker, at Tathea-Street, Drummoyne, was burnt down yesterday morning Drummoyne brigade was assisted by Five Dock…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Fire on the Whakarua
Advices received from Capetown state that in connection with the fire which broke out on the steamer Whakarua it has been ascertained that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Disastrous Fire. £2000 Damage at Armidale
ARMIDALE, Thursday--One of the most serious fires Armidale has witnessed for many years occurred in the early hours this morning, resulting in the boot and shoe factory,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Big Victorian Fire. Damage Estimated at £7500
MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Early this evening a fire broke out in the furniture factory of Emerson Bros. Proprietary, Ltd., Montague, and in less than half an hour the building,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Big Country Fire. Boot Factory Gutted. Armidale
A fire broke out in the early hours of the morning at B. A. Moses and Company's boot and shoe factory, at West Armidale. The building was gutted. The brigades did good…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Armidale. Boot Factory Burned. Armidale
B. A. Moses and Co.'s boot factory, West Armidale, was discovered on fire at 4 o'clock this morning. The greater portion was completely destroyed. The tannery and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →366 Calls. a Good Start. Previous Fire Record Broken
The fire brigade has made an excellent start in putting up a record for the number of fires it has attended this year. Already the record has been broken, and there is every indication…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Chemist's Shop. Good Save by the Brigade. Cootamundra, [?]
What might have proved a [?] occurred at 10.30 p.m. [?] Dr. Hull, Sydney, and [?] Salomon, chemist, in the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sudden Outbreak. Fire at Waterloo. Factory Burnt Out
A fire broke out at 1.15 this morning in the two-storey premises occupied by Messrs. Peel and Tombs, furniture manufacturers, aud C. J. Pittman, motor body works, at the corner of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Factory Fire. Blaze at Redfern
A fire broke out early this morning in a building occupied by C. J. Pittmann, coach-builder, and Holmes and Poole, furniture manufacturers, at the corner of Young and…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Redfern Fire. Blaze in a Factory. Early Morning Outbreak
There was a sudden outbreak of [?] in the two-storeu building occupied by Mr. C. J. Pitt man as a coach factory, at the corner of Phillip and Young streets, Redfern noon after…
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