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The residents of Bankstown and thereabouts had a terrifying experience yesterday afternoon and lost night, there being no less than seven huge bush fires in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The residence and private hospital of Nurse Turner, at Gunning, N.S.W., was destroyed by fire on Thursday night. Mr. Turner, who occupied the position of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shortly after midnight on Monday Mr. Frederick Jennings and the other occupants of a fear-roomed cottage in Harstville-road, Oatley, were awaked by the cracking of flames and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The whole country [?]ng the main western road towards Mount Victoria, and on the mountain ranges to the west, has been enveloped in suffocating smoke for the past two days. Motor…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A destructive fire occurred about 2 o'clock this morning, when the large, up-to-date premises of the Singleton Central Co-operative Dairy Company, Limited, were destroyed. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A fire on Wednesday night destroyed the stabler of Tattersall's Hotel. Condobolin, N.S.W. A horse and motor-car were burned, and £100 worth of furniture…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bound from Melbourne to Ocean Island, the big cargo steamer Canadian Transport put into Sydney on Saturday morning with her coal bunkers on fire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Royal Hotel, Nelson (N.Z.), was burned down last week, and a boarder, Frederick Bloomfield, a native of Australia, was found dead among the debris…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The damage caused by the fire on the s.s. Canadian Transport was surveyed yesterday, but as the work of shifting the coal stowed in the bunkers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The State Fire Insurance Department has experienced a record year, the net profits amounting to £18,000…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →PARIS, Monday.—A communique reports that the British battleship Queen Elizabeth, from the Gulf of Saros, bombarded two large forts on the Asiatic Coast, near…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Premiers Cueing Kent Street, near Druitt Street, Sydney occupied by Gibbs. Cryer, and Co., printers on the ground floor; by the Standard Skirt…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. and Mrs. Fred, Forenson, who live in Kursell-road, Croculla had a sensational experience about midday yesterday. Their cottage was burnt to the ground, and they both…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A message states that the fire on the French liner La Touraine, which is bound for Havre with ammunition, is under control…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Many guests at the Hotel d'Angleterre, Copeahagen, had very narrow escapes during a fire that broke out on the premises. The flames spread with great…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →There were many outbreaks of fire in the suburbs yesterday, nearly all of [?] being attributed to the great heat. In all 52 outbreaks of fire occurred in the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →It is reported from Napier (N.Z.), that the British Freezing Works have been seriously damaged by fire, and about 13,000 carcases of mutton destroyed. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An Admiralty announcement says:-- "The operations against the Dardanelles defences are, progressing, favored by fine weather. vice Admiral Sackville-Carden…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Athens correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" says the Turks are using many floating mines in the Dardanc[?]es. Some floated as far as Tenedos…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →From Sefton Park comes a report with reference to bush fires, to the effect that five or six houses were destroyed on Monday, one being a building of ten or…
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