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Damage, estimated at £135,000, was caused by a fire which occurred in Metters' Building, a five-storied, structure, in Elizabeth-street, city, shortly after 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Portion of the rear wall crashed into Nithsdale-street, damaging four…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Hankow correspondent of "The Times" telegraphs that a very extreme anti-Christian campaign, accompanied by fire-raising and other forms of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →TODAY METTER'S six-storey building in Elizabeth Street, home of stoves and heating appliances, is a blackened shell, with its walls pointing starkly to the sky, as the result of a great fire which broke out there Yesterday afternoon and swept almost…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Considerable damage was caused to the upper and top Moors of a three storied br[?] building at the corner of Bathurst Street and Washington Place…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WEST MAITLAND.--There was a big reduction in the number of calls received by the fire brigades of the district last year. The totals were:--…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DYMOCK'S Book Arcade in George Street, near Market Street, was threatened by a fire which broke out in Forrester's premises next…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →During last year Cessnock Fire Brigade answered 22 calls four less than in 1925 There were three in the f[?] three months and aine in December…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Headquarters and George Street West Brigades extinguished in half an hour a fire which broke out in the printing works of G. M. Laffin and Co…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →As the result of police investigations, an arrest was made this morning in connection with a number of fire…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The historic Livingstone Congregational Chapel at Stanford Rivers, Essex, has been destroyed. Mrs. Kenniford, who was conducting the service, overturned a mill lamp, and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The school residence and its contents at Gillett's Ridge near Ulmarra were totally destroyed by fire. The house was weatherboard and occupied…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →FIRE has gutted the famous [?]isenburg Castle at Augshurg, w[?] the Lutheran Confession of Faith was signed in the year 1[?]30…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The demolition of the front wall of Matters' building, which was gutted by fire, is to be commenced to-day. Since the fire the risk of the wall…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A few minutes after 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon Headquarters Fire Brigade was called to an outbreak in 430 and 430A George Street. From the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →THOUGH there I really little to laugh at when a great fire. such as that at Metiers on Sunday, occur, the human element, with it queerly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WHEN fireman broke into blazing premises in Bathurst-street late last night, they allege, there were five distinct fires on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The top floor of Oakes Building, a three floored structure at 18-20 Bathurst-street, city, was severely damaged by fire shortly before midnight last night. Firemen from…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A number of buildings, comprising the greater part of the business section of the township of West Warburton, were burnt out this morning by a fire which occurred in a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The West Maitland Fire Brigade had in 1926 one of the quietest years on record. Only 24 calls (one of which was to a chimney) were received, and in only five cases did the hydrants…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Premises occupied by Forresters, robe and fur specialists, at 430 George-street, were severely damaged by fire early last evening. The outbreak occurred at the foot of a…
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