Fire Crosses River Hay
A fire on Mirrol Station destroyed, 500 acres of grass before it was stopped. The fire was thrown across the Lachlan to Corrong Station by a burning…
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Cottage Destroyed Fire at Hurstville
The four-roomed weatherboard home of John Braidwood Toohey, in Hill-crest-avenue Hurstville, was destroyed by fire yesterday. The outbreak, the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The P.F.A. Fire
AS the outcome of the recent disastrous fire — probably the largest and most destructive which how ever taken place in Sydney—the…
Continued on Trove, page 41 →A City Fire Coroner's Open Verdict
The City Coroner to-day concluded his [?] into a fire which occurred in the city on the night of November 28 when premises occupied by samuel Loebel…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →City Fire Inquiry Open Verdict Returned
The long-drawn-out inquiry by the City Coroner (Mr. Jamieson) into the circumstances of a fire in which promises occupied by the Art Metal…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Brigade. Employees' Allegations: Minister Asks for Papers
Mr. Kavanagh, M. L. C., Minister for Labour and Industry, stated last evening in reply to a query, that it would not be correct to say that he had ordered an investigation into…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Sheep Burnt Lightning Starts Fire Battle with Flames Adelaide
An extensive fire was started at Mt. Bryan by lightning, which struck a tree and set fire to the grass. The flames spread over a wide area…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Big Liverpool Fire. Ordnance Store Burnt Down. Diggers Fight the Flames
One of the block of buildings uses as ordnance stores at the Liverpool Camp, caught fire shortly after 8 o'clock on Saturday night. Being mostly of wood…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →On Fire at Sea German Steamer in Flames. Heavy Loss of Life London, January 17
The German steamer Vesta took fire oft Lowesloft. A trawler took 10 members of the crow off the burning vessel, but 10 others and the mate's wife were lost…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Tragedy of the Sea Steamer Takes Fire in Dead of Night Serious Loss of Life Mate and His Three-weeks Bride Leap to Death LONDON, January 16
A stirring tale of the sea's perils, and the remarkable heroism of a ship's crew, attaches to the loss of the German steamer Vesta, which took fire off…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cottage Destroyed by Fire
Early on Tuesday afternoon a four-roomed weatherboard cottage, occupied by Mr. J. B. Dooley, was destroyed by fire at Hurstville. The damage was estimated at £375…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire Fighters President's Explanation
Mr. L. C. Hurley, president of the Fire Brigade Employees' Union, last night stated that Mr. W. C. Murphy was not secretary of that union, and he had no right to make any…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man's Clothes on Fire Parkes
Jack Stewart, one of the oldest hands in the municipal gang was attending to a tar boiler, when the flow from the tar pipe caught fire, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A Fire Float Would It Mean Extra Tax?
The proposed amendment of the Fire Bridges Act so as to give the Board of Fire Commissioners [?] over the waters of Fort Jackson was…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire at a Workshop Solicitor Fails to Appear
Mr. Jamicson, City Coroner, resumed yesterday the hearing of the inquiry concerning the fire which, on the night of November 23, destroyed a workshop in a Liverpool Street…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bush Fires Sheep Burnt to Death Lightning Starts Fire
On Wednesday last lighting struck a tree at Mount Bryan (S.A) and to the surrounding grass the flames spread over a wide area, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fires 500 Square Miles Swept Adelaide
An extensive bush fire has been raging in the country at the back of iron Knob, from where the Broken Hill Proprietary derives its Iron ore, for several days…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Orange Plains Bush Fire, Malicious Damage
A case of considerable interest was hard at the corner's court at Tottonham (N.S.W.) on monday, when an inquiry was held into the cause of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rain Causes Two Small Fires
A shed at the [?] course of [?] Ashfield, was burned last night when the rain est through under the roof. end…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Hurstville
On Tuesday afternoon a fire broke out in a four-roomed weatherboard cottage in Hillcrest Avenue, Hurstville, owned and occupied by Mr. J. B…
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