Waterloo Blaze Coachworks Indanger Firemen's Fight
The Waterloo Coach Works. M'Evey-street, Waterloo, were serieusly endangered by a fire which brolis out this afternoon in…
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The Fires. Fresh Outbreaks. Woman Dies From Burns
The control secured by the fire brigade on Fridny over the epidemie of [?] in the metropolitan area proved to be only temporary. Outbreaks occurred with renewed vigour on…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Gasino Fire Office Destroyed CASINO
A fire early yesterday morning in the principal street completely gutted the' office of Arthur Gregory and the fruit shop and refreshment-room of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grass Fires Outbreaks Near Bathurst Crops and Fencing Destroyed BATHURST
During the week-end grass fires have occurred in the district. On Saturday afternoon a fire broke out on the Osborne Estate, near Eglinton[?] About 200…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tannery Gutted £30,000 Fire MELBOURNE
The large tannery works of Russe[?] Bros., of Rooney Street, Richmond, were completely gutted by a fire which broke out at 1.40 p.m. yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Factory Fire. Leather Manufacturer's Loss. Melbourne
Only three brick walls and a mass of twisted. iron and charred debris remained after a fire had swept through the factory of Messrs. Russell Brothers, leather manufacturers, of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Toll of Fire a Busy Week-end Woman's Fatal Burns Engineer's Shop Gutted
Bush fires raged again during the week-end, and much damage was done to property in and around Sydney. In addition, there were several…
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CASINO.--A fire which occurred on Sunday morning destroyed two weatherboard shops, owned by the Casino School of Arts. They were isolated from the main…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newtown's Big Blaze
This is how North Shore residents saw the fire, which lit up the southeastern sky. This photograph was taken at Woolwich, about four miles as the crow flies, from the blazing emporium…
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During the absence of the occupants on Saturday night, a four-roomed cottage, the property of the Russell Estate, was totally destroyed by fire. It was insured with the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"Water Supply Was Rotten" and No Worse Equipment in China Fire Chief's Indictment Handicaps at the Newtown Blaze
THE water supply was absolutely rotten—we did not even have one decent jet." "Year by year, the supplies for firefighting purposes are getting worse. It is the quantity rather than the pressure that is worry-ing us now; and so far as hydrants and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Cottages Burnt Blaze at Woy Woy Woy Woy
Fire to-night destroyed two cottages in Brick Wharf Road, Woy Woy--one a four-roomed fibro building owned by H. Blight, and the other a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gone in Smoke Hundreds of Cars Big Melbourne Blaze Melbourne
Three hundred motor cars were either destroyed or damaged in a fire which occurred just before midnight at Holden's motor-body building…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Timber on Fire Outbreak at Waterloo
A quantity of timber was considerably damaged by a firs which broke out in a yard at the Waterloo Case Company's factory, M'Evoy Street, Waterloo,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News by Wireless Last Night's Fire
The quick delivery of news to all parts of the metropolitan area was again in evidence last night, when Farmer's Broadcasting Station, in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in Motor Works. Melbourne
A fire which was seen first by three special constables who were in the vicinity of Ferrars-street, Montague, shortly before midnight to-night, occurred in Holden's…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Where £100,000 Was Lost in One of Sydney's Biggest Fires
This picture gives splendid iden of the scene of last night's blaze. The shops' damaged in addition to Marcus Clark's were:— Aden's. [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire and Flood New Zealand's Troubles The Drought Breaks
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Monday. Bush fires in the Kaikoura country during the week-end menaced many farmhouses, but large bands of men…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire at Gordon £500 for Information Road-making Plant
Detective were detailed to-day to make inquiries into the cause of the fire at Carr's asphalt mixing plant, near the Gordon railway station, on…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fierce Newtown Blaze Marcus Clark's Store Gutted Weak Water Supply Many Shops and Houses Damaged Several Spectators Injured
ONE OF THE MOST DISASTROUS FIRES THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN SIDNEY FOR MANY YEARS GUTTED MARCUS CLARK'S HUGE EMPORIUM AT NEWTOWN LAST NIGHT…
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