Fire at Leichhardt
Presumably caused by a light accident ally dropped, a fire broke out last night in a three-roomed weatherbeard cottage at the corner of Joseph and George…
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Fire in the City
At an early hour yesterday morning a fire was discovered on the top floor of Ainsworth's drapery store, in Liverpool-street, city. The outbreak originated in the storeroom of the studios, occupied by Sydney…
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A forest fire that threatened, in 13 days of unimpeded destruction, to con- sume the whole of Angeles National Forest, in Southern California, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Board Levy. Heavy Increase for 1920. Expenditure Going Up
The estimate of the Board of Fire Commissioners for the Sydney district has been fixed at £143.424 for 1920. being an increase of 440,830 upon that of the, past year. The levy…
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Darling's Mill, Adelaide, was gutted by fire early this morning, only the four walls being left standing. The machinery and large stocks of barley, wheat…
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A fire broke out last week at Rockview homestead, eight miles from Junee. The whole of the buildings were razed to the ground. The property belongs to…
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Mr. Sparkes, the Superintendent of Fire Brigades, who was seen yesterday, with reference to the operations for the past year, said that the departmental report for the year…
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On the 24th Dec. the Liverpool Fire Brigade was called out to a fire in a four - roomed weatherboard cottage in Terminus-street, occupied by Mr. Sid Selby. Mrs…
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At the late meeting of the Blacktown Council on Tuesday, a letter was received from the Board of Fire Commissioners stating that the following…
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A motor fire engine from the Headquarters Station was dashing down Pitt-street about 10.30 this morning, to answer an alarm in George-street, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Disastrous Fire. Flour Mill Destroyed. Adelaide
A disastrous fire broke out early on Friday morning in lohn Darling and Son's flour mill at Port Adelaide, and the mill and attached store and engine-room wire destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Castlereagh-st. Fire Inquest Concerning Mrs. Clarke's Death. How It Probably Happened
The District Coroner, Mr. A. Judges, held an inquiry at Penrith Court House on the 23rd ult. into the circumstances surrounding the death of Mrs. Annie…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A French Device for Dropping Overboard the Fuel-tank Should It Take Fire
The "Scientific American," by whose courtesy we give this diagram, says: "The problem of designing a feel tank that could be instantly detached and released from an aeroplane has received considerable attention. First in England, and later in France, [?] ual tests have been carried out. One of the French schemes is despieted in the [?] illustration. The tank, in this case, is sort of wedge-shapeed, and hold in a wedge-shaped li 'ahagit…
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A massage from Buenos Aires states that a fire is raging over thirty miles of [?]errirtory, from Buenos Aires province to the Pampa territory. The flames…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Over the Top Fight the Caucus Machine Soldiers on Fire Step
Lieut. Cortis, of the Soldiers and Citizens' Federation, has supplied us with the following:-- There is a big light on at the…
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À disastrous fire occurred at Mundecran on Friday night five buildings being gatted. The outbreak occurred in the business portion of the town, and…
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A [?] Sawpit Gully occupied by [?] Masters, was gutted by fire on Saturday afternoon Mr Masters was working in a field…
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The correspondent of "The Times" at Bombay states that the widespread nature of the Indian risings is disclosed in the latest evidence before…
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Number 5 store, a 200 x 50 brick and iron shed, at the Alexandria Rrailway Yards, was found to be on fire about a quarter past three this morning. The…
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A mysterious fire occurred yesterday amongst the reels of paper sorted out from those damaged in the recent fire, in which damage to the extent of…
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