Fire at Yenda Griffith
A disastrous fire occurred at Yenda yesterday morning at 3.35. Four shops occupied by Mrs. Oliver Gefreshment room and two adjoining…
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Forest Fires. Control Methods. Wireless Used in Western Australia. Perth
While extensive damage has been done by bush fires in the Stale forests in the eastern States, the Conservator of Forests, Perth (Mr. (S. L. Kessell), stated to-day that not more…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Liquid Fire for Coco Pest Fijian Campaign
Active warfare against a disease among the cocoanuts at Fiji has been waged during the past twelve months by Mr. T. Taylor a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in Kent Street Brigade's Good Save
But for the promptitude cl the brigades, a second big fire would have occurred last night. About 9.20 p.m. Headquarters…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flames Cover an Acre Four Melb. Fires Brigades' Busy Time Melbourne
FOUR FIRES of considerable [?] last night and [?] morning in the suburbs. [?] where…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Fire Critics in the Crowd Stray Streams
Many hundreds of people were late for tea last night, those who should have filled vacant chairs at suburban tables being jammed among the dense…
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THE most essential factor in coping with the outbreak of forest fire lies In rapid communication, and tor this reason the forest rangers in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Damage of £100,000 in Huge Barrack St. Blaze How 'Plane Crashed "Error of Judgment" Coroner's Finding Queanbeyan
THE DISTRICT CORONER to-day found that the deaths of Flying officer Pitt and W. Callender had resulted from an error in judgment on the part of Pitt…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Spectacular Fire in the City Crowd Watches Brigades at Work
The Brigades battling with the fire which broke out at Petersen Boesen and Coy's warehouse at the corner of York and Barrack Streets late yesterday afternoon. The blaze, which was watched by dense crowds, was one of the biggest that has occurred in Sydney for a long time. Damage roughly estimated at £120,000 was done…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Pillar Hydrants for Sydney? Fire Chief's Plaint Matter for Council
IT IS POSSIBLE that in the near future Sydney [?] type of pillar hydrant for [?] purposes…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →City Fire. York-street Warehouse Interior Gutted. Damage £120,000
Fire completely gutted the interior of the warehouse of Petersen, Boesen, and Co., Ltd., at 65 and 67 York-street, city, yesterday evening. It was a sensational blaze, witnessed by…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Big City Fire Warehouse Quickly Gutted £120,000 DAMAGE Ineffective Hydrants Cause Trouble
Many thousands watched a fire which gutted a big building of four floors, occupied by Petersen Boeson and Co., Ltd., importers and softgoods merchants, at the corner of York and Barrack Streets, City, late…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Week's Second Fire Sweeps Warehouse Blocks Enormous Damage to Stock Petersen-boesens Gutted Insurance Companies Heavily Hit
ONE OF THE MOST remarkable feats of firefighting that Sydney has witnessed was staged early last evening when the big warehouse of Petersen, Boesen and Co., Ltd., fronting York and Barrack Streets, City was gutted and damage, estimated on a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →More Bush Fires Trundle
A bush-fire, which started at midday on Friday, destroyed large quantities of grass and fencing on the properties of Messrs. Gibson and Capell,…
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Sydney is surrounded with raging bush fires, involving enormous present loss and future disaster. The scorching heat last Monday made Sydney's huge timber yards…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wind Deflectors Cause Fire
Motor Editor, "Sunday Times." Dear Sir,—Rather a curious accident that possibly, if I had not detected the cause in time, would have resulted in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →No Brigade Disastrous Fire Brewarrina
A fire broke out in Bathurst-street, Brewarrina, at 6 o'clock yesterday evening, completely destroying the whole of a block of buildings,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Behaved Splendidly" Fire in Girls' School Armidale
At the New England Girls' School tills afternoon, a fire broke out in the room adjoining the kitchen. The fire brigade was soon on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Eight Fires on One Premises Melbourne's Week's Toll of Outbreaks MELBOURNE, Saturday. i
The latest estimate of the damage caused by a fire at Morris and Ludwig's bedding and kapok factory at Prahran, in the early hours of this morning, is…
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Firemen in the suburbs had a busy time putting out bush fires to-day. At Bankstown the fire brigade was called but to several small outbreaks in…
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