Bush Fires
Numerous small bush Area broke out in the suburbs yesterday, and the firemen at the outgoing stations had a particularly strenuous afternoon's work. The damage done was as…
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Bush Fire Beaters
The Board of Fire Commissioners notified the Lane Cove Council at last night's meeting that careful consideration had been given to the question of equipping fire brigades with…
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Two adjoining cottages in Sutherland Street, Mascot, were, with their contents, destroyed by fire yesterday, and the walls of a third cottage were severely burnt…
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Two cottages were burned out and two others damaged by a fire that occurred in Sutherland-street. Mascot, yesterday afternoon. The outbreak started in a tour-roomed…
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ADELAIDE, Tuesday. -- A large fire occurred at Port Adelaide this morning, resulting in the destruction of the Vacuum Oil Company's promises, Todd Street, and contents. The damage…
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In 1895 Foot, the Victorian umpire, who was acting in the game between Norm Melbourne against University, had been smoking during one of the adjournments,…
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A destructive fire occurred at Dalby, on the Darling Downs, last week, resulting in the loss of 11 shops and a residence, and causing damage which it present is estimated at…
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[?] district last night. [?] grass, and miles of [?] in danger of being burnt, but…
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The stables at the rear of Ra[?] Railway Hotel in Scott-street, Liverpool, were severely damaged by fire shortly after 4 o'clock this morning and a motor car valued at £250…
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The District Coroner (Mr. H. Richardson Clark) held an inquiry at Canterbury Police Station concerning the fire which almost destroyed "Red Hill." the residence of Mrs…
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One of the most disastrous fires in the annals of Port Adelaide occurred early on Tuesday morning, when the promises occupied by the Vacuum Oil Company, in Todd-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Col. Aylmer's Advance. Fierce Fights with Turks. Heavy Rifle Fire. London, Tuesday Night
Mr. Edmund Candler, the representative of the British Press with the Expeditionary Force in Mesopotamia, states that Colonel Aylmer's advance up the Tigris to join General…
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On Tuesday afternoon a fire broke out in a cottage occupied by Amy Oddy, in Sutherland-street, Mascot. The cottage and its contents, and also one adjoining it, were burnt…
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At the Balmain Police Court yesterday Michael Buchanan and John Lynch were charged with maliciously damaging plateglass windows, the property of John…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.,--A disastrous fire broke out in Nhill early this morning, seven business premises being destroyed, The fire originated in A. Smith's fruit shop and rapidly…
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A sensational [?]…
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A Paris message states that peace posters, bills, and circulars have been posted in the streets in Berlin, slipped under doors at night, and distributed in other ways. Secret…
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Private Donnelly, of the 1st "Royal Minister Fusiliers, who, with others wounded at Suvla, managed to crawl into the scrub, where they remained until it caught fire…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Victorian Fire. Destruction of Business Premises. Melbourne
A disastrous fire occurred in Nhill at 12.55 a.m. to-day. The fire originated in Mr. Smith's fruit shop. Messrs. M'Intosh's Arcade then caught fire, and the flames afterwards spread…
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