City Fire. Outbreak in Garage. Estimated Damage of £6000
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 February 1926 · page 11
A fire occurred at the assembly and service station of Garratt's, Ltd., motor dealers, in Australia-street, Camperdown, shortly after 6 o'clock last night. In half an hour the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →"Hell Fiends" How Flames Swept Down 32 Dead Survivors Describe Tragedies of Fires Melbourne
The Sun · Tuesday 16 February 1926 · page 1
The latest estimate of dead and missing in the bush fires raging in the mountain ranges of Gippsland is 32. How panic-stricken refugees fled ito the thick scrub, were overtaken by a roaring wall of flame, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Ablaze Bio Fire at Hornsby on Two Mile Front
The Sun · Tuesday 16 February 1926 · page 9
Scrub in the Hornsby Valley has been burning since noon yesterday, Hornsby firemen and residents are fighting the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Ancestral Home. Destroyed by Fire. Five Lives Lost. LONDON, Feb. 14
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 February 1926 · page 11
There were five fatalities at a fire which gutted Oulton Hall, near Tarporley (Cheshire), the ancestral home of Sir Phillp Grey-Egerton, destroying most of the art treasures in the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Lives Sacrificed In Mansion Fire Saving Art Treasures London, February 15
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 February 1926 · page 5
There were five fatalities in a fire which gutted Oulton Hall, near Tarporley, Cheshire, the ancestral home of Sir Philip Grey…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Sufferers Lord Mayor Will Help in Relief If Scheme Started Sympathy Expressed
Evening News · Tuesday 16 February 1926 · page 7
"MY heartfelt Sympathy goes out to the unfortunate settlers and bush workers, and the wives and families of those who lost their lives…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Frightful Devastation in Victoria Hundreds Are Homeless Twenty-two Caught Between Fires' Onslaught All Perish in Devouring Flames Melbourne
The Labor Daily · Tuesday 16 February 1926 · page 1
TERRIBLE LOSS OF LIFE and shocking destruction of properly have been caused by raging hush fires in more than a dozen centres in the eastern district of Victoria. AT LEAST FORTY PEOPLE have perished, and dozens are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cinema Secrets High Speed Work for Operators When the Film Breaks Stringent Safeguards Against Fire (No. 6)
The Sun · Tuesday 16 February 1926 · page 7
The cinematograph operator of to-day is a highly-trained man, being, first and foremost, a skilled electrician. The days are past when a smattering of knowledge and the ability to turn a handle were considered enough in an operator -- so much of the success of films…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Building Construction and Road-maintenance a Weekly Survey of Structural Developments and Their Equipment Trend of the Trade--novel Systems--fire Escape Chutes for Institutions--making the Best of Space--latest Tenders
The Labor Daily · Tuesday 16 February 1926 · page 8
EMPLOYMENT IN THE BUILDING TRADE remains on a normal basis, THE TIGHTNESS IN THE MONEY and speculative markets still exists, and the anticipated immediate increase hangs in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Bush Fires
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 February 1926 · page 8
Every citizen of New South Wales will heartily endorse Mr. Lang's prompt and whole-hearted offer of assistance to those victims of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bush Fires in the Border District
Sydney Mail · Wednesday 17 February 1926 · page 15
ONLY the excellent organisation of volunteer workers has prevented the bush fires in the Riverina country from causing damage beyond estimation. Very severe losses have occurred, various…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Fighting the Bush Fires in Victoria
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 February 1926 · page 1
Some of the 200 fire fighters called on to save homes and property from the flames at Beaconsfield (Vic) where they were fanned by a fifty-mile-an-hour gale…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Death and Destruction. Disastrous Bush Fires in Victoria
The Australian Worker · Wednesday 17 February 1926 · page 11
The disastrous bush fires which have been raging in the dense bush of the Dandenong Ranges and the thick forests of Gippsland, Victoria, for the past couple…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Coota's Bush Fire Flames Conquered Cootamundra
The Labor Daily · Wednesday 17 February 1926 · page 5
Yesterday a busines fire which destroyed soon acres between wallendbeen and Wombat. and spread to several adjoining properties with only…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Laid Waste by the Bush Fires. Pictures from Victoria's Debastated Regions
The Sun · Wednesday 17 February 1926 · page 16
LESLIE OLSEN, the sole survivor of the Olsen family, which perished in the fire at Neerim East…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Summer Sport. Bush Fires in Riverina. Cricket in Samoa. "Sydney Mail" Features
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 February 1926 · page 14
Remarkably fine photographs of the Newcastle life-saving surf carnival on Saturday appear in this week's "Sydney Mail," one of them—an incident in the Parnell surf-boat…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Appalling Loss of Life. Victorian Bush Fires. Relief for Afflicted Areas Death-roll Increasing
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 February 1926 · page 15
Reports from the chief fire areas show that the number of deaths has increased. The dead now number 30. In addition, three people who are missing are believed…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Riverina Blaze
Evening News · Wednesday 17 February 1926 · page 1
Mr. Good In. M.L.A., travelled from Culcairn to Albury last week-end, passing through the country where Borne of the Southern Riverina bush…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Death Roll Now Totals 31 Toll of Bush Fires Graphic Stories of Heroism Funds to Help Sufferers Melbourne
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 February 1926 · page 1
Thirty-one dead, one missing, and five seriously injured is the latest toll of bush fires which swept Victoria on Sunday. Reports indicate that where the fires have not died…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Breaks
The Sun · Wednesday 17 February 1926 · page 9
Thirty-two horses drug this huge plough through the long grass in Winton district Queensland, In all there are 450 miles of these fire breaks. The break is ten feat wide…
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