Four Perish in Flames Historic Hall Gutted by Fire London, Sunday Evening
There ware five fatalities at a fire which putted Oulton Hall, near Tarporley, Cheshire, the ancestral home of Sir Philip…
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Another Fire Melbourne Has Three in Week £30,000 Damage Melbourne
The third Melbourne fire within a week occurred early yesterday morning, when bedding, kapok, and furniture in the factory of Morris and…
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Mr. Bruce recently, with the beat of intentions, cabled to London that the Press statements concerning the bush fires had been greatly exaggerated…
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Bush fires, it la estimated, swept 10,000 acres and destroyed fences, haystacks, und cattle valued at thousands of pounds…
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Bringing death and desolation in their train, bush fires swept devastating paths through the timbered districts of Victoria on Sunday. So far as can at present be ascertained, 28 people have been…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Twenty-six Burned to Death Many Missing and Injured Victorian Bush Fires Take Terrible Toll Townships Destroyed; Hundreds Homeless Melbourne
Twenty-six lives -- men, women and children--were lost m the bush fires which swept Victoria, yesterday. Many were injured and other are missing. It is feared that the sad story of sacrifice has not been fully told…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Forty People Meet Death in Raging Bush Fires Five Motor Cars Burned Twenty-five Damaged L Laze-at Garratt's Firemen's Lucky Escape
DAMAGE estimated at over £15,000 was caused by a fire which broke out in Garralt's Ltd., body building [?] service station buildings…
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Only last week we had cause to refer to the disastrous effects of drought and fire in our own State; to-day we have to report the sufferings of our Victorian…
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A GOOD supply of water and the absence of wind assisted the fire brigade to make a splendid save when fire attacked the…
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THE biggest bush [?]re experienced in the Young district for 25 years occurred yesterday, when an area of 20,000 acres was swept…
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A heap of bricks, some broken "windows, and a damaged roof were the only outward and visible-sign's of the fire at Garr[?] premisses. in Austr[?]-street, Camperdown…
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A four-roomed weather cottage in Wetern-road. Pendel Hill, occupied by Lealic Senator. was badly damaged by fire yesterday. It is believed that a…
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Serious bush fires raged at Oyster Cove, in the Huon district, throughout Sunday, and for portion of the day the main road was so enveloped in flames and smoke that traffic…
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At the inquiry into a fire which destroyed the Coliseum Theatre at Collie on January 24 evidence was given that the owner, Mrs. J. N. Bradbury, who lived in the residential…
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Many cottages had narrow escapes from total destruction by fire during yesterday's intense heat. Householders in the distant…
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ABBOTSFORD MILLS FIRE. -- A photograph taken while the Commonwealth Board Mills, Victoria street, Abbotsford, were ablaze…
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A fire occurred at sea on February 4 on the City of Norwich, which arrived here last Friday from New York. The flames were quickly suppressed. A general average is to be…
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In the past issues of the "Labor Dally" we have dealt at some length with the housing schemes inaugurated in various parts of the world for the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Verdict Fire Damp Explosion Redhead Disaster Newcastle
The Coroner (Mr. Hibble) delivered his verdict this afternoon in the inquest on the five victims of the Redhead Colliery disaster on January 21…
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Garratts, Ltd., motor works in Australia Street, Camperdown-- perhaps the biggest of their kind in Australia--was menaced by a…
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