Fire at Cordial Works Wollongong
A serious fire occurred at 7.30 a.m. to-day at the cordial works of Wheeldon and Marks, Keira Street, Wollongong…
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Crates On Fire At Clyde Works
At the Clyde Engineering Works on Wednesday morning a number of crates containing straw caught fire. The outbreak. was speedily extinguished by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Historic Weddin Ravaged by Fire Grenfell
Bush fires are still raging in the Weddin Mountains, destroying and fencing. Mr. G. Ward lost 300 acres of grass and three stacks of bay…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire at Yass Three Shops Destroyed Yass
Cooma-street was the scone of a disastrous fire last night S. Cusauk's piano and furniture warehouse, and the shops of T. Hearne,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Fire Fiend McIlrath's Big Store Completely Gutted
Tottering walls that threaten to collapse into Pitt-street are all that remain of McIlrath's big seven-storeyed grocery establishment and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Plays Havoc Wingham District Settlers' Stern Battle Wingha[?]
A big bush fire started at Khalabundab yesterday, and, fanned by strong winds, spread with great rapidity. The settlers fought the flames and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →McILRATH'S FIRE. Menace of Leaning Wall DAMAGE, £130,000
An official estimate of the damage caused by the disastrous fire at the premises of Mollrath's, Ltd., importers at the corner of Pitt and Goulburn streets, city late on…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Great Fire in Sydney Mc[?]rath's Sydney Stores Gutted Hundred Feet Flames
What was one of the most spectacular and at the same time one of the most disastrous fires occurred in Sydney, on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire Victims "Little or No Relief" Cooking in Jam Tins Adelaide
Mr. C. J. Burge, South Australian secretary of the Timber Workers' Union, states that he has received a letter from Mr. W. Scanlon, Victorian…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Leaning Wall Danger McILRATH'S Fire Clearing Debris Traffic Still Held Up
It is expected that Pitt Street traffic, which was disorganised by the Mc[?]lrath fire on Tuesday night, will be restored to normal by noon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big City Fire When the Wall Rocked Pitt-st. Menaced the Demolition Job
WHEN the demolishers dragged down a ricketty wall in the fire scarred ruins of M'Ilrath's, Pittsteet, building to-day, a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tools and Forest Fires
With all the sympathy that is being given to the victims of the forest fires, especially in Gippsland, very few city dwellers know what the greatest loss to the bush workers…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →New Thrilling Serial. Cleansing Fires. Chapter I.
IT was a beautiful Australian morning. Cumberland Park was looking its best. The season had been a good one: there had been bountiful rains, and a…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Police Fire Shots Chase at Lindfield Stolen Cars
A suspected motor car thief was chased and fired at by the police early this morning at Lindfield. He escaped, but he was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Yass. Three Shops Burnt. Yass
A fire last night destroyed the shops of Mr. S. Cusack, furniture and piano warehouse, Mr. T. Hearne, hootmaker, and Mr. J. M. Anderson, plumber, in Cooma-street. The…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Swamp on Fire Soil Smouldering Foot Deep Pink Ash Remains Wingham
A peculiar occurrence is reported from the Old Bar, on the Manning River, North Coast. A few years ago an extensive swamp on Mr. Wilkes's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mending a Fire Brick
If the stone at the back of mother's stove has cracked, you can do her a good turn by repairing it in the following manner:…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sydney's Heroic Fire Fighter
CHIEF OFFICER FRANK JACKSON, Head of one of the world's most efficient fire-fighting organizations, which, in consequence of M'Hrath's fire, on Tuesday night, is much in the public eye. This year will probably go down as a record as far…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Home-made Fire-lighters
At this time of year, when fires are in constant use, it is sometimes difficult, owing to dampness or shortage of wood, to get the coal to burn. This hint should…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Red North? Flannel for Fire Communists and Sugar
No better field for the promoters of strife can be found in Australia than on the sugar fields of North Queensland. In that fertile region there are…
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