Store Destroyed by Fire. Wolumla
At midnight on Saturday the Post-office, General Store, and dwelling attached, at South Wolumla, together with their contents, were destroyed by fire. The post-office and store…
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Gladstone Fire Laborer Arrested Adelaide
Detectives who bustened to Gladstone yesterday, following the destruction by are of a general store, arrested Frank Jolly, 28, a laborer, this afternoon, on a charge…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Local Government. the New Fire Brigades Act
During this month the new Act amending the Constitution and powers of the Fire Brigades Board comes into force. It is a matter of particular interest to councils, which will receive…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Down Ladder Girls Carried From Flat £100,000 Fire Fire Chiefs Warning of Cause of Outbreaks
A fairly accurate estimate places at £100,000 the damage done by the huge blaze at Holden's and Williams Bros, works last night. One hundred new cars and chassis were destroyed, and about 50 others damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Digger's Bad Luck Fire Destroys House Wingham
Mr. Frank D. Manwarring, a returned soldier, suffered a severe loss this week, when his residence, with contents, at Khatabundah, near Wingham…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Cessnock. Two Shops Destroyed. Cessnock
At 11.30 o'clock last night business premises occupied Jointly by B. Clayton, hairdresser and billiard saloon proprietor, and "W. H. Bruce, Ltd., tailors, were noticed to be on…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Holden's Fire Onlookers' Risk Explosive Goods Scene of Ruin
HEAPS OF ASHES, twisted iron, charred timber, and the remains of hundreds of motor can, were all that met the eye to-day at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Works. £100,000 Damage. City Fire. 200 Cars Destroyed
Damage to the amount of more than £100,000 was done by a fire which broke out early last evening in the works of Holden's Motor Body Builders, Ltd., Dowling-street, off…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Resident of the A.l.p. Damage at £120,000 Blaze at Holden's Explosion of Oil Store Causes Alarm Thirty Cars Lost Two Men Injured
TWO men were injured and numerous people rendered homeless when Holden's Motor Body Builders' Ltd.'s. factory, 175-177 Dowling…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£200,000 Damage in Big City Fire 500 Motor Cars Destroyed Fireman Injured When Petrol Explodes
Holden's motor body works, in William Street City, were destroyed by fire last night. Nearly 500 cars were destroyed, the damage being estimated at £200,000. An explosion of petrol blew a gas cylinder through…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Afternoon Fire Backyard Blaze
On Monday last, during the absence of the occupier, a fire occurred in the yard of premises owned by the executors of the late Mrs. Macey, in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Four Shops Burnt Out Brisbane
A fire which broke out about 12.30 o'clock this morning destroyed four shops, known as Ockelford's Buildings, in Haly Street, Kingaroy. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Blaze Fire at Goulburn, Goulburn
In a spectacular fire which broke out at 1 a.m. to-day in a massive two-storied slab building used by John Cody, timber merchant, as a shop and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Country Fires. Alleged Confession. Adelaide
The Coroner at Gladstone to-day committed Frank Jolly, a railway labourer, for trial on a charge of having maliciously set fire to a store at Gladstone. Jolly was alleged, in…
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The extent of the fire at Holden's Motor Works, off William Street, on Wednesday evening, may be gathered from this desolate scene at the works yesterday. The Federated Infants' Mothers' Club held their quarterly meeting in the open air, in Sydney Botanic Gardens yesterday. A house-boat at Middle Harbor--the ideal existence…
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A letter was received from the Board of Fire Commissioners by Fairfield Council on Tuesday, regretting that it could not accede to Council's request that fire…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Kandos. Lithgow
A six-roomed dwelling of Mr. Frank Riley at Kandos was destroyed by fire list night it is surmised that a lighted candle c[?] the fire. Mrs. Riley, who was in bed at the time,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Western Australian Fire. Perth
A fire at Carnarvon destroyed the main building of the Settlers' Hotel. Fry's hairdressing and billiard morn, Pearson's confectionery shop and tea rooms. S. N. Glariss'…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Unaffected by Fire Williams Bros.' Service
Messrs. Williams Bros., (controlled by S. A. Cheney Motors) advise that Wednesday night's fire in William-street, city, has not materially…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Shops Destroyed. Fire in Queensland Town. Brisbane
A fire which broke out in Ockleford's Buildings in Haly-street, Kingaroy, last night destroyed four shops and a dwelling, causing damage estimated at between £2000 and…
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