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EDUCATIONAL TRAINING.--Recruits under the Motoring Inspector being shown the modern engine in every detail. Firemen must understand their job A TRY ON.--Petrol is burned in a shallow tank and a new type of hand fire extinguisher…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →ALL TRAFFIC was suspended to-day in Pitt and Goulburn streets, at the junction of which M'Ilrath's big grocery emporium was destroyed in a terrific fire last night. The huge wall fronting Pitt-street gas a most dangerous list, and is likely…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WE have never known so many birds to be about in February before. It is due to the fires. The unfortunate little feathered friends of ours bush have…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Two houses were destroyed at Gunyah Gunyah by bush fires to-night. Warburton, which was endangered yesterday. is now safe, owing to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush fires have commenced afresh in the Bright district. The whole of the Lower Buckland Valley is burning. A strong wind has re-kindled the flames, which are leaping the fire-breaks…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →ONLY the huge walls of Mcllrath's Store remain an a result of Tuesday night's big fire. The building a skeleton, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The dash of the fire brigades has always been used as the symbol of the most spirited celerity. But it is doubtful whether there has been such…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Bush fires have been raging in various parts of the district for the past week. At Khatabundah, near Wingham, yesterday, the homestead of…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →At the Alexandria Council meeting last night, Alderman Collins complained that fires were continually being lit o ntips in the municipality. Many of…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →A fire broke out in a building containing a shop and three rooms, in Bank-street, North Sydney, at 1 a.m. this morning. They were occupied by…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →The firm of M'Ilrath's building is still burning, and dense clouds of smoke continue to rise from the debris within the precarious walls…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →BUSH FIRES have been raging in many parts of the district during the past week, and much damage has been done to grass and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →RUINS OF McILRATH'S GROCERY STORES, PITT AND GOULBURN STREETS…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →An addition to the extraordinary sequence of fires in country mansions is the destruction of Lupton House, in South Devon, the country estate of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A fire which was discovered at 9.30 this morning in the bulk stores at the rear of Fitzgerald Bros., Pty., Ltd., North Melbourne, destroyed, stock…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →REPLYING to allegations of carelessness on the part of railway employees, which were made by delegates to the Young…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →ALD COLLINS complained to Alexandria Council last night that there was grave danger of a serious outbreak of fire in the municipality…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A four-roomed cottage used as a grocery business and dwelling Bank-street, North Sydney, occupied by Thomas Helm, was severely damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Two outbreaks of fire occurred at Tweed Heads early this morning. About 200 cases of benzine, which were saved from Monday morning's serious fire, which destroyed five…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The large building comprising the head office and bulk stores of Mellrath's, Ltd., at the corner of Pitt and Goulburn streets, city, were an appearance of devastation yesterday, after…
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