£30,000 Fire Damage at Tweed Heads Tweed Heads
Damage estimated at £30,000 was done by a fire which destroyed five shops in Wharf Street this morning. The outbreak was noticed at 2.30…
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Tweed Heads Fire. £35,000 DAMAGE. Five Shops Destroyed. Tweed Heads
The most serious fire in the history of this town broke out at 2 o'clock this morning, and continued for three hours. At the end of that time five shops had been burnt to the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Narrow Escapes at Gosford Fire Two Girls' Close Call Money Lost and Saved Cosford
An early morning fire destroyed three shops in the main street. The fire spread very rapidly. A Syrian hawker, who occupied a room in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Still Unchecked Victoria Bush Fires Inquiry Interrupted Melbourne
Fanned by a strong wind the bush fires are making their way towards Warburton. The position is dangerous…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires. Tribute to the Women. Pathetic Stories. Melbourne
Inquests were held to-day at Yarra Junction and at Warburton upon the deaths of 32 of the victims of the recent disastrous bush fires which swept the State, causing the loss…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Checked Rain Stops Vic. Bush Fires Other Victims More Men Badly Burnt Melbourne
A change of wind from the north to the south, accompanied by light rain, had the effect of checking the bush fires which yesterday threatened the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Great City Fire McILRATH'S, Ltd. Spectacular Blaze Enormous Damage
THE huge premises of McIlrath's Ltd., on the corner of Pitt and Goulburn Streets, were completely destroyed by fire last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Blaze at Bondi Milliner's Shop Alight
A fire broke out in the milliner's shop of Miss Bradbury, Oxford-street, Bondi Junction, early this morning. The outbreak was in the workroom on…
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The police found it necessary during the fire last night to warn people near-by to leave their buildings. The result was that many impromptu bundles of clothing found their way into the streets, and many people wondered how they were going to get on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Forest Threatened by Grass Fires Wagga
On Friday afternoon a fire started on Mr. Blackburn's property, adjoining Big Springs station, and travelling quickly, with the wind covered about…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Melbourne Blaze Employees Help Firemen Drapery Store Burnt Melbourne
The fusing of electric light wires at 9.30 this morning is believed to have been the cause of a fire which broke out in the three-story bulk stores of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Midnight Fire Two Houses Alight
Two houses in Oxford-street, Burwood, were damaged by fire about midnight last night. One of the places was untenanted,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wind Removes Fire Danger Melbourne
Any immediate danger of the bush fires spreading at Warburton has been removed by a change of the wind to the south-west and a drop in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Biggest City Fire for Years Causes Over £150,000 DAMAGE McILRATH'S Ltd. Gutted Exciting Scenes During Great Blaze People's Palace in Danger Boarders Rush Into Street With Luggage
One of the most disastrous city fires in recent years occurred last night when the five-story grocery emporium of McHrath's, Ltd., at the corner of Pitt and Goulburn Streets was destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Huge Fire. Mcllrath's Destroyed. £90,000 DAMAGE
One of the most spectacular and disastrous fires that have occurred in Sydney for years destroyed the head store and offices of Mcllraths, Limited. provision merchants, at…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Big Grass Fire 10,000 Acres Burnt Hay
On Wednesday a grass fire broke cut on Corrong in the vicinity of Waljeer's Lake destroying between 9000 and 10,000 acres of grass. A…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tottering Walls Last Night's Big Pitt-st. Blaze Damage Over £100,000 McILRATH'S Store Gone. Firemen's Hard Fight
At 9 o'clock last night McIlrath's store, at the corner of Pitt and Goulburn streets, was a substantial brick building, with seven floors spread over a large area. Half an hour later it was a flaming inferno, and to-day its naked walls stand enclosing a mass of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Timber Mill. Destroyed by Fire. Damage £20,000. PERTH
Damage amounting to £20,000 was done by a fire to the timber mill of Port and Co., situated at Maylands, this morning. A news agent on an early round noticed the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →After the Fire Stories of Heroism Victorian Inquest Melbourne
Vivid stories of the bush fires at Powelltown and Gilderoy on Sunday February 14, were told by survivors when the city coroner…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Improving Your Property the Painter's Part Waterproofing, Fireproofing and Fire Extinguishing
A few formulas collated by "Hopkins" will be found most helpful on occasions. It is advisable to file these for future reference as any one of them may solve a difficult problem at…
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