Estimated Damage, £5000 Brigades Prevent Huge Blaze in Melbourne MELBOURNE
Causing damage estimated at £5000, a fire which destroyed the timber workshop of Armstrong, Holland, Ltd., about 4 o'clock this morning,…
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Fire on President Garfield Cargo Damaged
A cable received yesterday by the Sydney underwriters stated that a fire had occurred on board the American steamer President Garfield, 10,558 tons,…
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An eight-roomed cottage, facing Mount Horeb-road, owned by Mrs. H. Hayes, and occupied by Herbert Gill, was destroyed by fire early this morning. The occupants barely…
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Sir Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary, announced in the House of Commons yesterday that the Admiralty had directed British…
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The Albury-Corowa mail car, owned by D. Howard, was totally destroyed by fire At the time the car was stationary…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Fire-fighters' Claims Pay and Privileges in Balance Union Will Take Risk
Whether the men who fight fires will be conceded a shorter period of duty than the 112 hours they now are required to put in weekly has been left…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Destructive Fires. Melbourne Outbreak
The pattern and timber store and the workshop of Armstrong. Holland Ltd., in a building owned by the Austral Oils Engineering co., at South Melbourne, were destroyed by fire early…
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WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Thursday. A fire was discovered to-night on the New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Somerset, among 3000 bags of…
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The Fire Commissioners have informed Holroyd Council that they have approved of the erection of a fire alarm at the corner of Fowler-road and…
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Mr. R. W. Bushell's residence at Korora, together with furniture, was destroyed by fire. The house and contents were insured…
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A fire was discovered to-night in the hold of the steamer Somerset, which is loading at Wellington. The outbreak was among 3000 bags of copra, shipped at Auckland, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Fire at Casino. Casino
Fire last night threatened to demolish one of the oldest residences in Casino, now used as a boarding-house, in which 20 people lodged. When the fire brigade arrived the…
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A fire commenced in a detached portion of Mrs. K. L. Crawley's home, near Junee, this morning. The absence of telephone communication prevented the alarm being given…
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On Thursday last a fire occurred amongst the copra on the F.S.N. liner Somerset, in port at Wellington. The fire was extinguished before serious…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Borneo Dutch Troops Fire on Chinese 12 KILLED, 25 Wounded the Hague
TWELVE Chinese were killed and 25 wounded during an attack by a Chinese mob on the police and military at Banjermasin's, Borneo…
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WORSHIPPERS in St.Paul's Cathedral were disturbed last night. when an alarm of fire was raised from a big building almost opposite…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wireless Goods. Destroyed by Fire. Melbourne
Electrical and wireless goods, valued at more than £12000 which were in a stock room on the top floor of a building at Bourkestreet. Melbourne were destroyed by fire…
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A burning fatality' occurred at Kelpie, a small town on the Darling Downs,during the weekend, the victim being a girl named Ivy Matilda…
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The Southern Tablelands District Council of the Primary Producers' Union, at its last meeting, decided that it would be useless to form a bush fire brigade in the southern…
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Five hundred children subscribed to the Florrie Hodges Testimonial Fund. Souvenir photographs and a gramophone record, describing the brave…
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