Fire at Molong
MOLONG.--A fire occurred in the mam street, when the premises of Messrs. Den. Miller (hairdresser) Messrs, Myers and Veneys (produce store). M. J. Ryan…
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Fire at Waterloo
While on beat duty shortly before 4 o'clock yesterday morning Constable Fordham noticed that the drapery and mercery business of Joseph Josephson, at 37 Botany-road,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Big Blaze Newcastle Sensation £47,000 Damage Newcastle
The damage resulting from the fire which destroyed Armstrong and Royse's timber yards last night is estimated at £47,000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hay Stacks Burnt Jindera Farmer's Loss An Anzac Day Blaze
The Albury (N.S.W.) district corner held on inquiry at Jindera last week into thecause of a fire that demolished thee stacks of bay and several stacks…
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ALBURY.--A big fire occurred in Wodonga, across the river from Albury, early on Thursday morning. Four shops were damaged-- J. Whan's grocery and…
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The Free Brigade received an early morning rull to-day, to a fire which fottunatley was extinguished before serious damage has resulted…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire at Wodonga. Albury
At 3 o'clock this morning the most serious fire ever known in Wodonga occurred in that township, when the grocery and drapery store owned and occupied by J. Whan was destroyed,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →EXPLOSIONS Blaze At An Oil-well Thirteen Men Perish Kerens (Texas), May 10
Thirteen men were burned to death in an explosion at a newly-sunk oil well, which a worker attempted to close when the oil began to gush…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Surry Hills Three Outbreaks
Three outbreaks of fire occurred on different floors of a three-storied building occupied by the British United Shoe Machinery Company of Australia Proprietary, Ltd., in…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Rescued in Time Escapes From Fire
The promptitude of a policeman, in Botany Road, Waterloo, early yesterday morning gave several people a chance to escape from a fire…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Timber Fire. Near Newcastle. Big Conflagration. Newcastle
At 10.16 to-night the Newcastle Fire Headquarters received a call from Armstrong and Royce's timber yards, Carrington. The fire had obtained a firm hold, the red glow…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Claim for Putting Out Fire on Federal Country
J.C. writes: A fire broke out in Federal country on a leasehold. I went and put it out, although I do not own the land. Can I be paid…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Fire Bugs? City Mystery Serious Damage Detectives Busy
Suspicions aroused by the significant outbreaks of fire at premises occupied by the British United Shoe Machinery…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Factory Fire Suspicious Outbreaks Were Thieves at Work?
What is believed to have been a deliberate attempt to burn down the big three-storey brick building occupied by the British United Shoo Machinery…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sixteen Dead Oil Fire Victims New York, Thursday Evening
It is now stated that as the result of the fire which followed an explosion in an oil well at Kerens, Texan, sixteen persons are dead…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wellington Fire Three Buildings Destroyed Wellington (N.s.w.)
The third fire within a few weeks occurred early this morning. completely gutting the premises of La Marcelle, conducted by Mrs. J. Ley,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →£40,000 DAMAGE Joinery Works Destroyed Newcastle Fire Newcastle
Damage estimated at over £40,000 was done by the fire which last flight destroyed the sawmill and joinery works of Messrs. Armstrong and Royes…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Trapped by Fire a Sydney Girl's Death a New Zealand Tragedy
A Syduey girl, Miss Gourlay, who arrived in WEllington (N.S.) ast week, was burnt todeath thenight after hor arrival, in a fire at the Young Women's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three Shops Burned Fire at Wellington Early Morning Outbreak Wellington (N.s.w.)
A fire broke out in Maughan street about 1.30 a.m. to-day, completely destroying Mrs. Ley's shop of ladles clothing. Mr. D. A. Rich's…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →New Fire Engines
To increase the efficiency of the Sydney Fire Brigades, three new fire engines have been added, to the appliance strength of the force…
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